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mailinglists@grimmerink.nl said:
> > The minimum requirement is 1MB for a compressed kernel image
> > and a bootloader. That's affordable and working :)
> Well, it's still something like up to 10 $ extra. Might not sound much
> for a few devices, but when numbers get higher...

The minimum requirement is a lot less than that. All you need is enough 
code to set up DRAM and start pulling more off the NAND flash. The 
LinuxBIOS guys do this in 512 bytes -- which is all that the DiskOnChip 
Millennium has available.

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dwmw2