While the LEAF project goals may not include the word "floppy", and even taking into account the LRP history, there are a lot of posts in the archives discussing the need/perceived requirement to keep the Bering (and Bering uClibc) minimal runnable configuration small enough to fit on a floppy (maybe a non-standard 1.6Mb, but still on a floppy). My question, "Is a LEAF distribution required to fit on and boot from a 1.44Mb floppy?" was more rhetorical in nature, intended to spur discussion to get the real requirements figured out.
Ken On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 04:18, Gordon Bos <gor...@q-ry.nl> wrote: > Mike Noyes wrote: > >> -snip- > >>>> Is a LEAF distribution required to fit on and boot from a 1.44Mb > floppy? > >> > >> Ken, > >> No. See: Project Goals > >> > >> "Maintain as small a footprint as possible for release/branch > >> target installations." > > > > Ken, > > Just to clarify, the LEAF project description and goals haven't had the > > word floppy in them for years. > > > > I'm guessing that would be an honoust mistaken from anyone that > remembers the abandoned Linux Router Project. With LEAF having adopted > so much from that earlier project it can be hard to tell the difference > at first glance. > > The concept of having read-only media to boot from has, in my opinion, > not lost its validity. The thought of being able to reboot and loose > anything a hacker has changed, is very assuring. Obviously you'll still > need to plug the leak that the hacker discovered, but at least you have > no immediate worry about others discovering the hackers backdoor. > > I realize that none of the commercial products appear to be using this > concept, but their solution is to reset to factory defaults. In essence > that is no different, but it offers a lot less flexibility towards the > people operating it. I do not use LEAF out of cheapness, I use it > because I think I can do a better job than those commercial products. > > Gordon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
