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Re: Re: Boot from floppy if present , final




> I just compiled 4.5.6 using that option and noticed a huge ROM size
> increase.
> 
> I only used 2 ASM routines (disk_init and disk_read), but using the
> -DFLOPPY
> option generates lots of extra code.
> Won't fit in a 16k 3c509 uncompressed.
> Is all the extra stuff needed ?

There are lots of other options you can take out. Or you could use
compressed images, they work just as well.

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