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I wonder how small a minimal bootable kernel, with all the drivers in modules, would be.

• voltagex_ 9y ago
  Doesn't directly answer your question but https://tiny.wiki.kernel.org/ https://tiny.wiki.kernel.org/
• isostatic 9y ago
  Does anyone else remember toms root and boot? Fully functioning Linux machine on a floppy.
  • DanBC 9y ago
    Yes, I was surprised Tomsrtbt hadn't been mentioned yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomsrtbt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomsrtbt The website is dead now. Here's the wayback machine link: https://web.archive.org/web/20160120122627/http://www.toms.net/rb https://web.archive.org/web/20160120122627/http://www.toms.n...
• khedoros1 9y ago
  A friend and I used to compete on kernel size. Research the kernel features we actually used, which would be necessary during boot, etc. This was either late 2.4 kernels or early 2.6 ones. I don't remember for sure, but I think we hit about 800KB, and would've had to start adding more modules into the initrd to get smaller.