Yes, but when it comes to packaging your own distro, what doesn't?
For instance, there is documentation in the BBC and PLAC distributions
regarding the making of a custom boot [CD] image, so that it has, say,
your host keys, or your bookmarks, or your favorite app. These are very
space-limited, as are uclinux installations; all of which do offer
fine-grained control over what is in them and what is not ( =
I'm trying to get a handle on, generally speaking, why one distro (like
gentoo) is better than another when it comes to an embedded port.
Other than those distro's which are specifically built for that, like
the zaurus product or uclinux. Here's a snippet from the uclinux
project that highlights what I mean:
Key features of uClinux:
* Common Linux API
* uCkernel < 512 KB
* uCkernel + tools < 900 KB
(this is from http://www.linuxdevices.com/links/LK8053710489.html )
BTW, here are some commercial embedded linux distros:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9952405558.html
and here are some OS ones:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4525882120.html
cheers,
Ben
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:25:18 -0700
Larry Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I would bet customizability would be a big selling point for that
| market and gentoo does offer fine-grained control over exactly what is
| going into an image...
|
|
| On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Ben Barrett wrote:
|
| > The zynot folks talked about having a gentoo port for embedded and
| > pocketpc platforms... I was guessing that it'd be all about
| > cross-compiling, since I think compilation of a complete system on a
| > PDA
| > would be difficult-to-near-impossible. At that point, what is the
| > benefit of using gentoo? Familiarity, I'm sure. Any reason why
| > gentoo would be particularly worthwhile for a small system?
| >
| > regards,
| >
| > Ben
| >
| >
| > On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:46:59 -0700
| > Cory Petkovsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| >
| > |
| > | I wouldn't do gentoo for a mini or even small distro. That is
| > | unless you deleted /usr/portage. But then you no longer have
| > | gentoo.
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