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Sindi wrote:
> 
> 2-floppy blueflops is uclibc plus busybox
> It looks like all the programs are static against
> uclibc to avoid backwards incompatibility. 

Interesting.  Six weeks ago, I tried making a 
completely static BL3.  I gave up when the 
smallest static rxvt I could compile was 400kb.

> links 2.1pre19 that needs all the image format libraries, makes it newer 
> than the svgalib Delilinux pre14 version.  syslinux like David used. 
> They tried to include ALL PCMCIA ethernet drivers (and maybe other 
> ethernet drivers) in the kernel.  Maybe for use on other people's 
> broadband setups?
> 
> This dbclient might fit into BL3.50 in the spare 100K.  Would omitting 
> busybox telnet save any space?
> 
> >>> Screen has the best cutting and pasting functionality
> >>> in the world.  No other application compares.  I
> >>> really miss that.
> >>
> >> A while back I tried compiling screen for BL3, but
> >> I ran into a brick wall.  I don't recall exactly
> >> what the exact problem was (library? kernel?) but
> >> it just wouldn't go.
> >
> > That surprises me. Screen seems to run everywhere. There's
> > an add-on screen on James' or Ron's BL3 site.
> 
> (Lee)
> 
> Nope, it is at http://johnbeck.org/bl3/screen.tgz - screen 3.9.9
> 352K.
> 
> Sindi
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