Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: stephane ancelot <sancelot@××××.fr>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] How to start?
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:35:49
Message-Id: 425B7AFD.6050604@free.fr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-embedded] How to start? by Quentin Arce
1 Hi,
2 I would tell it depends on your application needds :
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5 is it a network or automation or other application ?
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7 need for X11 ?
8 do you need a write access in the targetted file system ?
9
10 Best Regards
11 Steph
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16 Quentin Arce wrote:
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18 >--- Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> wrote:
19 >
20 >
21 >>On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 14:43 +0200, Carsten Salveter
22 >>wrote:
23 >>
24 >>
25 >>>Hello,
26 >>>
27 >>>I want to start with an installation of Linux on a
28 >>>
29 >>>
30 >>single board PC with
31 >>
32 >>
33 >>>a 256MB compact flash modul. CPU is a Geode GX1.
34 >>>
35 >>>Is it necessary to use the uclibc-stages to start
36 >>>
37 >>>
38 >>with? Is Gnap the
39 >>
40 >>
41 >>>right tool to build the system? Or is it only to
42 >>>
43 >>>
44 >>to build small network
45 >>
46 >>
47 >>>based applications?
48 >>>
49 >>>
50 >
51 >Wow... 256MB on an embedded device!! With that much
52 >space you could go for the gnap approach of ramdisk
53 >which expands into memory and then overlays there or
54 >you could go for a real un-compressed rootfs.
55 >
56 >Both work.
57 >
58 >Just ask yourself what your strategy is for storing
59 >persistent data across reboots.
60 >
61 >Q
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63 >
64 >
65 >>
66 >>
67 >>
68 >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-embedded&m=110218800625580&w=2
69 >
70 >
71 >>Or you can use the GNAP
72 >>
73 >>
74 >>[snip]
75 >>hrmm X stuff.. shrug..
76 >>
77 >>good luck.
78 >>
79 >>--
80 >>Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
81 >>
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] How to start? Carsten Salveter <gentoo@××××××××××××××.com>