------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ Debian/ARM runs on LART [EMAIL PROTECTED] November 23, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Information and Communication Theory Group of the Delft University of Technology is pleased to announce that Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 runs on their LART embedded system. Eric Mouw wrote us: "After we modified the ArmLinux IDE driver for the LART, we were able to put a Linux distribution on the disk. However, there aren't that many distributions that support ArmLinux. I am a long-term Debian user (since Debian-1.0), so I'm familiar with the high quality of the Debian distribution (both i386 and sparc) and therefore I choosed debian-arm." The debian-arm distribution didn't install without errors, but because Eric is familiar with the installation procedure, he was able to install debian-arm on the LART using their specially modified 2.2.14 kernel and the debian-arm resque disk. The LART machine is able to compile its own kernel and modules using the Debian supplied compiler, so the stabilility of the complete platform has been proven. >> About LART The LART is a small yet powerful embedded computer capable of running Linux, built around an Intel SA-1100 StrongARM processor. Its performance is around 250 MIPS while consuming less than 1 Watt of power. In a standard configuration it holds 32MB DRAM and 4MB Flash ROM, which is sufficient for a Linux kernel and a sizeable ramdisk image. The hardware design files needed to build a LART are freely available under an Open Hardware-ish license. All files can be found at <http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/> . >> About Debian The Debian project is an organization of many users who volunteer their time and effort. Its tasks include maintaining and updating Debian GNU/Linux which is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system, and the development of the Debian GNU/Hurd operating system. >> Contact Information For further information, please send email to the Debian Press Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or visit the Debian homepage at <http://www.debian.org/>.
