Hi, Well I plan to create a really small Linux installation (<128MB space, no XWindow just console; 2.6 kernel; network support;) and I think that preparing my own installation disk is the best solution.
1) DSL: I tried DSL distro and got a few unresolved issues: - There's no 2.6 kernel support - I am not able to force the latest release (3.2 RC3) to install onto a hard drive (flash disk not tested yet). - On the other hand an older release (3.0.1) works well but it needs at least 160MB of space - I don't need the whole XWindow thing. The console (+SSH) is OK for me whereas DSL provides Fulkebox window manager and it's obligatory!). Ripping it off would be a time-consuming task... I also considered Linux From Scratch and Gentoo but, IMHO, making a new CDD flavor is a better idea. 2) Kernel: For now 2.4 kernel is also good for me however 2.6 would be a better choice. AFAIR kernel developers plan to add some kind of real-time add-on into 2.6.22 version. In the mean time I'd like to test RTAI add-on to make it more real-time oriented. But a space consumption problem is the first issue to be solved. 3) Regarding my distant(?) plans: If I had a low-space-consuming CDD-based distro, would I be able to add my own pieces of software into a created CDD flavour to be installed together with all other allowed core/base packages? Or maybe it won't be possible? Regards, -- pawo [spadam bo za duzo gadam] ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel Merrick Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CDD for a newbe... I think Damn Small Linux is Debian based, they've just had a point release.. but not sure what arch it's built from. What's your requirements exactly (i.e. any special need for a later kernel etc?) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
