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From: Shuduo Sang <sangshuduo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Linux preinstalled
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:08:24
Message-Id: ee101c360510170006u637665f2i@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Linux preinstalled by Stefan Schweizer
1 I want to know is there any way to install a gentoo to an embedded system?
2 For example, ipaq. Because those samll devices do not have enough effort to
3 build a system from stage1. But it still need a portage-like way to upgrade
4 packages.
5
6 2005/10/14, Stefan Schweizer <genstef@g.o>:
7 > Hi,
8 >
9 > I want to preinstall Gentoo Linux on some devices for customers. Do
10 > you have any tips for preinstallation, any scripts? What is the
11 > correct prcedure of doing so?
12 > Anyone knows of something like a "sysprep" script for linux that will
13 > ask the costumer for user and passwort setup when he first switches
14 > on the PC?
15 >
16 > On the technical side what I am currently doing is taking a normal
17 > setup, cleaning up distfiles, /usr/src, /tmp, /home, creating a new
18 > usser without any files of my own ;)
19 > cleaning out all my passwords of /etc.
20 > partimageing the partition, and dd'ing grub and sfdisking the partition table.
21 > Then playing back the images on the HDs I want to put into the devices later.
22 >
23 > Regards,
24 > Stefan
25 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Linux preinstalled Corvus Corax <corvus-ml@×××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Linux preinstalled Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>