Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:50:56 +0200
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, you wrote:
> 
> > Really? 5 MB? How to make the zip-picker give you a distribution that 
> > needs 5 MB? And what about swap space?
> 
> No, it doesn't work that way.  If you only have 5Mb, you need to be
> *very* selective about what you install.  However, I did see one book
> with a DJGPP system on a single 1.4m floppy.  It can be done.

Of course it is possible, I also tried to count the bytes I _really_ 
need (only C library, compiler, assembler, linker) and was far under 
1.4m. But swap is needed (perhaps not that much for C).

-- 
#!/usr/bin/perl -W -- WARNING: This will print 22,307 bytes! <strictsafe!>
use strict;for(my$y=-1;$y<1;$y+=.1){for(my$x=-1.9;$x<.4;$x+=.03){print'+';
my$X=my$Y=0;for(0..99){($X,$Y)=($X*$X-$Y*$Y+$x,2*$X*$Y+$y);print"\b "if$X*
$X+$Y*$Y>9;}}print"\n"};print''.reverse"\nHPAJ \a!rezloP .R yb torblednaM"