I know.
It's the part where I derivated from the #Floppinux manual which went with #gzip instead of #xz, likely because that was customary for quite some time and even used by most #busybox - based distros otherwise.
After all, rarely do #embeddedLinux systems need to conserve storage that aggressively like with #OS1337...
Granted, the minimalist version will be minimal for obvious reasons: Neither of us can defy gravity...
@ASTAFATHERSATAN Granted, I'm not gonna implement a custom compression and decompression algo in the Linux kernel as I'm not only able to do so with my skills but literally doubt I could beat the #XZ numbers without sinking in decades of R&D - and even then that may be a dubious investment of time and resources...
I only used #bzip2 for said backups as it's convenient, fast and didn't require me to setup stuff to work.
@lupo the problem is that i already compress the hell out of stuff:
I literally chose #xz over #gzip and #lzma for both #kernel ans #initramdisk to get both as small as possible...
@landley The reason I literally choose the latest released #Linux#Kernel is because this means I'll also be able to profit from latest features or at least fixes done to it.
Some old #longterm kernels don't even support #xz compression...
In terms of drivers beyond #floppinux I only want basics like #TCP / #IPv4, support for some old #3Com, #AMD, #Intel and #VIA NICs as well as /dev/ devices so I can use #cfdisk or at least #dd to shove something on a disk.
I guess I've to start @ allnoconfig.