From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) Subject: Running linux in < 500kB Date: 1 Mar 1992 23:27:12 GMT
If someone's got the time and inclination, please modify the kernel so that
it can run in < 500kB RAM. No UNIX has any business using more than that.
Maybe better algorithms (that's what Coherent prides itself on, justifiably)
or something need to be used. If I have to go out and buy memory extensions,
then I might as well just save the trip and spend money on a Coherent or the
like.
The idea of free public domain software is to get something that can run on
most machines without having to spend any money. Far too many machines are
being excluded by the 2MB limitation.