Re: Small root

[Klaus Weidner <kw@w-m-p.com>]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 03:02:11PM -0700, randy none wrote:
> Would it be possible to install a small zaurus rom
> like crow or openzaurus without opie or qpe? 
> 
> This way the rom space could be saved to share with
> the chroot, which would also be very small. This may
> allow the zeroinstall system
> http://zero-install.sourceforge.net/
> for Rox. 
> 
> Different users for different applications?
> 
> I am interested in speeding up package managment
> without using a sd or mmc card and retaining the
> wireless cf slot.

That certainly appears possible, but it's a fairly significant amount of
work to maintain a ROM, and I'm not sure if it's a good idea to add yet
another one.

What might make more sense would be to reuse the OZ/handhelds.org build
process and just build those components you need, and if it's not minimal
enough for your application to work with them to help make it more
generic.

-Klaus