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Qiangning Hong wrote: |
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> I'd like to turn an old 486 (32MB ram) to a file server accessable via |
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> samba&nfs&ftp. And I can telnet to it to change user passwords. And it |
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> should contain some small daemons written by myself (e.g. disk health |
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> monitor). |
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> I know I can start from stage1-x86-uclibc, but I found another |
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> interesting project, GNAP. I have very little knowledge about GNAP, but |
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> I believe if it suits my requirement, it will reduce my affort a lot. |
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> So, can GNAP help me make such a embedded system? |
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Yes, I use GNAP with success on soekris boxes. |
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The 4501 is equivalaent to a 486-133 with 64Mb ram. |
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It takes about 5 mins to boot though. |
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It uses standard baselayout scripts, and they are very slow to execute. |
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--John |
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