On 6/25/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, but the first thing for me is to learn how the system works and this is also a part of my diploma project.
If you want to get to know the system, read afterboot(8) and the fine documentation (such as the FAQ, etc.). I find those far more valuable than trying to break out pieces of something designed to be a rather *complete* OS. If you want to know what dependencies the various bits of the system have, see the man pages (and which pages they refer to) or use tools such as ldd(1) or better: see the sources. I suppose the latter would gain you much more insight for your diploma project as well.
A good thing about unix-like os's is that you can fit them to a floppy.
Sure, there are installer floppies. And there'll probably be 'production systems' fitted onto a floppy as well. Although I'm sure there are people who have wonderful examples of a 'running system' on a 1.44M floppy, I don't see much use for such versions beyond killing time. Anyone who feels differently, feel free to enlighten me :)
I want to install it to 128mb CF.
If you want to install to a 128M CF, I suppose you're limiting yourself to base39.tgz, etc39.tgz and a few bytes or spare space. I wonder whether flashdist (as is rather popular on Soekris devices) would be an easier tool for you. Citing Google for "flashdist OpenBSD: http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/
If I want to remove apache do I only need to delete /var/www and binary files in bin/ ?
That all depends on how thorough (or reckless, for that matter) you wish to be. It all sounds like a somewhat useless exercise to me. See the list archives for more people who had a desire to strip apache out of the system if you really think it's useful to you (or your diploma exercise). Cheers, Rogier -- If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there.
