George Metz wrote:
>
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> > I'm thinking like this: grab your config.lrp, add it to a new Oxygen
> > disk, and bang! Instant update!
>
> That's definitely appealing.
I'm expecting to release a new version of Oxygen in a few days (or hours
:) and it sh
- Original Message -
From: "David Douthitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Leaf-devel] Poll: Ladybug Architecture
> George Metz wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, David Douthitt w
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> George Metz wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > * Tried to remove EVERYTHING and ANYTHING located
> > > in root.lrp that required backups: thus, root.lrp
> > > should be completely static for almost
One vote for IBMHelpingLinuxWebsite..
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:41:00AM -0800, Mike Sensney scribbled:
> At 07:26 PM 03/12/2001 -0500, George Metz wrote:
> >Hopefully, the way Linus is going about things for 2.4.x, the kernel will
> >be a lot stabler a lot sooner. I can honestly say that I h
George Metz wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
>
>
>
> > * Tried to remove EVERYTHING and ANYTHING located
> > in root.lrp that required backups: thus, root.lrp
> > should be completely static for almost all purposes.
> > (if it isn't, I'm not done :)
>
> As a
I saw Rick Lindsley of the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) at a lecture
last December. He had been working for Sequent for 9 years when IBM bought
Sequent, formed the Linux Technology Center with the formerly Sequent
programmers as the core and has turned them loose on Linux kernel
development.
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> * Tried to remove EVERYTHING and ANYTHING located
> in root.lrp that required backups: thus, root.lrp
> should be completely static for almost all purposes.
> (if it isn't, I'm not done :)
As a note, on the lazy side of things - since
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, George Metz wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Jack Coates wrote:
>
> > Background, for those who haven't downloaded it yet:
>
> Didn't know it was that far along. Will see about taking a peek.
>
I wouldn't say far along, but thanks for the peek :-)
>
> > 1-b) This is somewhat
> > c) a local harddisk is assumed, which the /var directory will be
> > written to.
> > c1) persistence of /var means lrpkg/ needs to move
> > elsewhere.
>
> Why?
No real good reason - just trying to keep system and data separate. If
/var is reserv
Thus spoke David Douthitt:
> * Using a new glibc means you are no longer able to use a floppy
> (probably).
Especially if combined with a 2.4 kernel.
> * Linux 2.4 is not really yet fully solid and stable; wait for 2.4.9 :)
For the class of hw generally used under LRP, I don't think that the
s
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Jack Coates wrote:
> Background, for those who haven't downloaded it yet:
Didn't know it was that far along. Will see about taking a peek.
> b) "the minimum" of system configuration files. In my dreams,
> that's two files: linuxrc and ladybug.conf.
> c)
Jack Coates wrote:
> Ladybug is based loosely on Oxygen, [...]
The newer version should be nicer for you, for two reasons:
* More programs removed from root.lrp into their
own packages, meaning root.lrp is smaller and
the overall boot disk is more configurable
* Tried to remove EVE
Background, for those who haven't downloaded it yet:
Ladybug is based loosely on Oxygen, and the conversion from Oxygen to
Ladybug has proceeded with these tenets in mind:
1) The "idiot image" main system should be dirt simple.
a) two .lrp's, root and etc.
b) "the minimum" of sys
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