Andrew; Am Sonntag, 6. Juni 2010 23:17:26 schrieb Andrew: > 07.06.2010 00:01, KP Kirchdoerfer пишет: > > Am Sonntag, 6. Juni 2010 22:35:08 schrieb Andrew: > >> IMHO it'll be possible to make 2xfloppy version (1.68 or 1.76M) - one > >> floppy for kernel+initrd (compressed to lzma - now it's still in gzip), > >> other - for config + packages, especially after splitting busybox to > >> small executables + shared library... But somebody really need this? > > > > There has been a 2floppy-setup years ago, but as LEAF is targeting to > > mainly unattended devices and easily to restart, I think two floppies are > > not the way to go and the working on it, is almost wasted time. > > It's theoretically possible to use 2 floppy drives with 2 disks... But > I'm really unsure that somebody will try to use this.
I don't think it's worth the effort... > >> But I think that it'll be good to make initrd for PXE booting in future, > >> with package loading via tftp or nfs... > > > > Maybe a way to go - at least for those who aren't in for maximum > > security. > > IMHO NFS will provide enough secure connection. Especially if this will > be in network core subnet. Ok. > > I mean a 486 based computer. But that's still one, which can act as a > > router. > > > > Those who like to deploy a router which consumes less power, choose an > > alix box or something similar - but those small machines don't have a > > cdrom-drive anyway. > > > > kp > > Anyway, IMHO for these rare hardware it'll be better to use old 3.1 > distro - due to lesser memory usage. For 2.6.32 it'll be good to have > 64M RAM or more. And 64M RAM for 486 is practically impossible thing. > Also, now we compile all for i686 platform (PPro/PII or higher) which > have much fresher BIOS. And I don't sure that it's actual to assemble > LEAFv4 even for P1 - it'll give performance drop comparing to i686 > build, but may be reasonable only for hardware like Geode boards (for > others - it'll be better to take some PIII/PII PC, and forget headache > with memory and devices compatibility). I'd really like to see a version for Geode processors as well. They are used on the ALIX boxes (which I started to deploy over the last two years, and I'm really happy with them - for about 100$ you'll get a solid box with 256MB RAM, 3 NICs and a 4GB IDE CF consuming just 9W). I've read that the Geode fails in ssl operations (generating keys) with an 686 instruction set. So we have two options - build with the least common deminator, or build different kernels (we've done that before). kp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
