On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Hadley Rich wrote:
On Wednesday 01 March 2006 14:15, mustardman29 wrote:
How hard is it to create my own version of Linux/Asterisk to run on Compact
Flash. I have seen 1GB Sandisk CF for as low as $50 recently so small size
is not too critical. I won't be using AMP or anything like that either.
The most important thing is for it to be read only so the CF is not
constantly being written to so it will last a long time. Voicemail and
config files will be stored on a second CF that is read/write.
You could use any distro you want really. Some good options would probably be;
- Debian (check out flashybrid package for read only root)
- Gentoo (I know there is a read only root tutorial around somewhere)
- Slackware (read only root should be fairly easy too)
- Arch (I have my own experimental read only root package for this --uses
rsync, similar to flashybrid)
I did this recently using ubuntu, onto a 1gb CF on an x86_64 PC. It is not
a "slim" install by any means, but it is completely self hosting with the
ability to compile the kernel and asterisk. And I have several hundred MB
left over for voicemail -- plenty I think for even busy offices.
The trickiest part was setting up all the symlinks for a ramdisk, and
setting up scripts to save/restore persistent data on CF across reboots.
-Dan
_______________________________________________
--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
Asterisk-Users mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
