Re: Embedded(/RT) Debian? Embeddian GNU/Linux?
Hi, ive been hanging around boot-floppies for a while, and am interested
in minimum debian systems.
I think what your trying to do could well cover a lot of ground
boot-floppies tries to cover, if your not familiar with how the debian
boot floppies work, you may get a bit out of it, i love the mklibs.sh
script to minimise libraries.
I think the way boot floppies current work leaves a fair way for
improvements, and after potato stabilises i believe boot-floppies will
become much more modular and hopefully closer to what you are looking
for.
I think a worthy challenge for debian is to get smaller as well as
bigger.
I was thinking today it would be great if there was some way to create a
split debian package, like a normal package could be split into the
necessary binaries, and config files in one package, and docs etc in a
seperate package, this way you could install one part, then later
install the other part and have it recognise the whole normal deb
installed
Im trying to get into frame buffers at the moment
Ill checkout what youve got so far, maybe i can help you out... or learn
something.
Thanks
Glenn McGrath
Andreas Schuldei wrote:
>
> My first mail seems to got lost. excuse me if this turns up twice.
>
> In fact I am working on an minimal debian (-based) system.
>
> I am building an embedded system which tries to be as small as possible.
> I started with the linux router project, took some parts from the
> bootfloppys and wrote some Makefiles to take essential Binaries etc out
> of my running potato.
>
> Right now (since half an hour) I have a 2.2.14 kernel, glibc-2.1.3,
> busybox plus some other stuff in 1382 Kbytes (unpacked) in the ramdisk.
> (this does not count the kernel, of cause.
>
> It is booted from floppy, where it takes 905 kbyte alltogether.
>
> It should be easyly adaptable and is modular by design (like lrp is).
>
> Anyone intersted should get back to me. I would be glad to cooperate. It
> is gpl, of cause.
>
> I am not on this list, so please reply to me privatly, too.
>
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