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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, GNAP can help. |
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GNAP leverages Catalyst LiveCD-building power to help build customized |
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appliances. The more you customize it, the closer to Catalyst you are. |
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Also behind GNAP is the notion of interchangeable hardware for a network |
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function (based on LiveCD hardware discovery), that you won't get so |
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easy in classic Gentoo embedded building. |
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That said, the Gentoo embedded classic approach works very well if you |
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are confortable with it and will end up in a more customized and slimmer |
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system... So it all depends on the time you want to spend on this, the |
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level of customization required and if you're interested in the reusage |
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feature... |
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Thierry Carrez (Koon) |
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GNAP Developer |
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