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On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 12:19 -0400, wireless wrote: |
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> Ned Ludd wrote: |
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> >> Does it make sense to try to put embedded gentoo on an old x86 |
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> >> machine? (486 or 586)? |
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> > Sure. |
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> >> If not what embedded nix distro would anyone recommend for these |
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> >> very old machines, keeping in mind that kids and teenagers will |
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> >> be playing with them for projects.......? |
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> >> any suggestions are welcome. |
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> > export ROOT=$PWD/ROOT |
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> > export PORTAGE_BINHOST=http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/uclibc/i386/ |
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> > emerge -G system |
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> > qmerge -fsv | less ; # (to look at the additional packages) |
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> > emerge -G <additional packages.> |
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> > cd ROOT |
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> > tar jcvf ../ROOTFS-`date -u +%Y%m%d`.tar.bz2 ./ |
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> OK |
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> Directly on the old machine, |
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> use this after booting from what image/media? |
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> Or does this give me extra detail specific to |
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> a 386 arch, using the gentoo-embedded-handbook? |
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> I'm looking for a well documented, easy proceedure, |
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> so I can let the kids perform the installation, while |
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> I hang out and help those that get stuck, or have |
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> broken hardware. Kinda a class for embedded beginers |
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> sorta approach. All of the embedded gentoo project |
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> I have done, all seem to be a "random_walk" type |
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> of process. That's what appealed to me with |
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> GNAP.......... |
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For teaching students. I'm not sure I'd follow the method I suggested to |
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you. I was more giving you a hint on how to quickly build an appliance. |
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If I were teaching students about embedded I would focus on things like |
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the AVR platform personally and walk them threw the classic hello world |
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(via LEDs) examples. |
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Good luck. |
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o> |
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Gentoo Linux |