ROS A memory hog? Rubbish!

[Alex Ionescu]

Hi,

With ROS_LEAN_AND_MEAN and DBG = 1, with all drivers and the bells and
whistles, a boot to NCLI with 8MB gave me a working system with still
2MB to spare (perhaps for a native FTP server or other application).
If I remove the network layer, I can boot with 6MB, and I still have 1MB
free.

I'm trying with DBG = 0 now. Maybe I can boot with 4MB :D.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

[Timo Kreuzer]

I wonder, if it would be possible, to create a real lean ROS, wich would 
fit onto a floppy?
Long long time ago, I put DOS + a slimmed down version of Win3.1 with 
gui on a single floppy! No joke!
:-)

Alex Ionescu schrieb:
>   Hi,
>
>  With ROS_LEAN_AND_MEAN and DBG = 1, with all drivers and the bells and
>  whistles, a boot to NCLI with 8MB gave me a working system with still
>  2MB to spare (perhaps for a native FTP server or other application).
>  If I remove the network layer, I can boot with 6MB, and I still have 1MB
>  free.
>
>  I'm trying with DBG = 0 now. Maybe I can boot with 4MB :D.
>
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>

[Aleksey Bragin]

Wow, that's with a full kernel and complete HAL, and a lot of other  
stuff.
I imagine it's possible to strip it down lots more in the future ;)


WBR,
Aleksey Bragin.

On Jun 13, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Alex Ionescu wrote:

>   Hi,
>
>  With ROS_LEAN_AND_MEAN and DBG = 1, with all drivers and the bells and
>  whistles, a boot to NCLI with 8MB gave me a working system with still
>  2MB to spare (perhaps for a native FTP server or other application).
>  If I remove the network layer, I can boot with 6MB, and I still  
>  have 1MB
>  free.
>
>  I'm trying with DBG = 0 now. Maybe I can boot with 4MB :D.
>
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>
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[Alex Ionescu]

Aleksey Bragin wrote:
>   Wow, that's with a full kernel and complete HAL,
> and a lot of other  
>  stuff.
>  I imagine it's possible to strip it down lots more in the future ;) 
I got it down to 3.8MB, no network though :)

>   
>  
>  WBR,
>  Aleksey Bragin.
>  
>  On Jun 13, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Alex Ionescu wrote:
>  
>  
> >  Hi,
> >
> > With ROS_LEAN_AND_MEAN and DBG = 1, with all drivers and the bells and
> > whistles, a boot to NCLI with 8MB gave me a working system with still
> > 2MB to spare (perhaps for a native FTP server or other application).
> > If I remove the network layer, I can boot with 6MB, and I still  
> > have 1MB
> > free.
> >
> > I'm trying with DBG = 0 now. Maybe I can boot with 4MB :D.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alex Ionescu
> >
> > <ros8mb.png>
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[Reuben Perelman]

That's great. Just keep in the eye candy for those planning on running
on Athlon 64s with a gig of RAM.

Alex Ionescu wrote:
>   Hi,
>
>  With ROS_LEAN_AND_MEAN and DBG = 1, with all drivers and the bells and
>  whistles, a boot to NCLI with 8MB gave me a working system with still
>  2MB to spare (perhaps for a native FTP server or other application).
>  If I remove the network layer, I can boot with 6MB, and I still have 1MB
>  free.
>
>  I'm trying with DBG = 0 now. Maybe I can boot with 4MB :D.
>
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>
>
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