Nathan Angelacos wrote the following at 18:58 20.06.2003:
> Jacques > > I believe this could be done with etherboot too, but would it cover
> PCMCIA > cards? > I would not suggest to rewrite linuxrc.
Erich,
Just a question, we're thinking of doing just that (rewrite linuxrc) to make a more flexible appliance; loading packages from network is one thing; also we'd like to be able to load and unload packages on the fly, as well as some other things - we're seriously considering using busybox's .deb package manager instead of the .lrp format.
Right now we're using a 2.5.69-uml kernel. The idea is to have a 2.6.x kernel with a boot-up script that boots a linuxrc with almost nothing except a package manager and busybox, and then pulls else in from there. Sort of like oxygen's approach, but more reliable.
Any comments on why you wouldn't suggest rewritting linuxrc?
For 2 reasons
1) the existing linuxrc works for the actual LEAF releases and appears to be reliable
2) laziness, I do not believe it is necessary :-)
At least not for what I want to do, you are aiming a lot higher. My goal would be to provide a non NIC dependent solution for loading a small storage device (floppy) and still have the flexibility to load any number of packages (memory limitations forbid). Actually a very simple goal. I believe your approach would cover all my needs but as said, you are aiming a lot higher. I would like to implement it as a snap in to the existing Bering distribution and IMHO this forbids any tampering with linuxrc.
Nevertheless your aproach is very interesting, keep me posted please.
cheers Erich
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