I'm doing a remaster with a custom kernel (linux-2.6.8.1).

It works good, but why does the minirt26.gz file get bigger when I mess around with linuxrc and modules even though the mounted size is smaller than the original knoppix minirt26.gz?

I've checked out http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/remaster/ but cant find anything that does any magic stuff to shrink the minirt26 file.

Does anybody know how the original knoppix minirt file can be so small?