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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > As you can see, syslinux is only 9k, compared with about 100k for
> > > GRUB. syslinux also installs to a FAT filesystem, which has less
> > > overhead than ext2 for a floppy-sized image. There is a variant of
> >
> > Could we use syslinux instead of loadlin to boot from DOS?
>
> AFAIK syslinux doesn't run inside of DOS, it only runs when it is
> executed by your PC's BIOS.
>
> > > syslinux that boots from ext2 instead, it's called extlinux.
> > COuld it be used with Bl3.40 floppy instead of lilo?
>
> Sure. But what advantage would that gain?
>
> David

How big is lilo on the BL3.40 FD?  (I have not downloaded it yet).
I thought syslinux would be smaller.  Or extlinux.
Sindi