Re: install/59852: base system is too darn big for ancient machines

["Greg A. Woods via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/59852; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost>
To: NetBSD GNATS <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/59852: base system is too darn big for ancient machines
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:27:13 -0800

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 At Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:35:00 +0000 (UTC), thorpej%me.com@localhost wrote:
 Subject: install/59852: base system is too darn big for ancient machines
 >
 > The base system has grown too large for ancient systems with small
 > storage devices.  There is zero chance a current minimum standard
 > installation of NetBSD could fit on any disk that a Sun2 original
 > shipped with.
 >
 > Note that due to limitations imposed by the 68010 CPU, NetBSD/sun2
 > does not have shared libraries.
 
 Maybe it's time to resurrect the full-system crunchgen static-linked
 setup I had working in, I think it was, NetBSD-5?
 
 It speeds things up, and also reduces memory overhead, significantly.
 
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