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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:46:20 +0000 (GMT) Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 8MB Flash, 32MB RAM in an NSLU2.. I do wonder if it's actually > sensible to put a "distribution" on these devices at all... Depends what you mean by distribution. The main appeal is being able to apply security and critical bug fixes without reflashing the device. > Sure, > it'll be nice, but why burden it with the overhead of package > management when you can do that on a donor system and just produce > images? Because package management is not an overhead, it is a benefit. It supports development, supports testing and upgrades. > I might have a look at Emdebian - not seen it before (but I've not > been looking). I build my systems using a "donor" system which I then > copy just the files I need into an initrd.gz file - put that on a > small ext2 partition with a kernel and lilo boot it and run it all > from RAM.. Maybe not the most elegant way of doing things, but it > does seem quite stable, and everything then runs from RAM without > touching the flash device, where writes are always a concern... Those methods simply don't scale. Emdebian is about supporting mass deployment of reproducible devices, not just bespoke versions. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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