On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:58:28 +0200 Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote: > Am 2007-07-24 14:16:14, schrieb Neil Williams: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:52:07 +0200 > > Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote: > > > > > I have problems to build emdebian on a NSLU2. > > > > Depends what you mean. There isn't an Emdebian distribution at this > > stage and the current packages are at a very early stage. > > Then it should be "a little bit forced"... :-) This isn't something that can be forced - if more developers become available, things will happen quicker. > I have the need for a bunch of Server and (ultra light) Workstations > based on "arm", "mips" or i386 (I am not speaking about Pentium M or > such, since the consume too much energy) Emdebian is not at that stage, yet. > > Not that much of a surprise - the emdebian packages do not currently > > include a kernel. > > What are the exact requirements for this Kernel? Depends on the intended machine. :-) Take a look at OpenEmbedded. > Maybe I am blind or does the Website does not contain infos about it? Not about specific kernels at the moment, no. > It would be nice, if there is a TODO list of things which should be > done with an attched list what to do... So everyone can pickup a > "project" and work on it. http://www.emdebian.org/develinfo.html#todo http://www.emdebian.org/emdebian/todo.html > > Currently, emdebian is cross-building, not native building. There > > are packages that build but there is no image that can be installed > > at present. > > And? -- What must be done to build such image? Build more packages, fix bugs in those cross-built packages, keep those packages updated against latest Debian sources. Keep the toolchains installable and in sync with Debian, generate and maintain the documentation and helper scripts. > Note: My contract with the french Ministry of Defense ends on > 2007-07-31 and I want o leave France permanently and I will live in > my two MobilHomes where I have ONLY 16 Photopholtaik panels of 75 Watt > and an Internet connection over GlobelSat... > > This is, WHY I switch from i386/amd64 to arm/mips. 5 days? Please tell, what was it about the Emdebian project that led you to think that anything related to Emdebian could be available for installation on any system within 5 days? At this stage, I'm hoping to get a usable system by the end of this year, not this month. I think you may have severely underestimated the amount of work required. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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