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Re: static executable bloat

On 19 Aug 1999, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> > And do you know what the bootsektor of a CDROM is ? 
> > A 1,44MB Floppy Image. Using a 2.88 MB Floppy Image isn't a solution
> > because most CDROM drives could not boot from it.
> 
> You don't have to boot frmo the CDROM.

So, one has Windows and wants to install Linux. Do you expect me to write
a Windows App to install Linux becvause glibc is big?!

>  And if you need a router you
> have a network and therefore can connect to another machine.

... booting from a floppy disk, right?

Cristian
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