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On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 13:37 +0300, Jan Klod wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I am interested in setting up distro in RAM for file server, but the thing is: |
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> I only have 1GB of RAM (max in board). Since fileserver really doesn't |
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> require much of software, I was consider asking this question: can Tin Hat |
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> help here? |
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> How booting is done? |
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> How back-synchronization happens (from RAM to backup)? Only manually by |
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> copying? |
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> Hope you give some advices, |
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If you dont need xorg you might want to take a look at alpine linux, |
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distro based on gentoo hardened with uclibc/busybox. It is designed to |
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run firewalls and vpns from RAM but can also be used for ISCSI, vserver |
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hosts, samba/nfs and others. |
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during boot it installs all the needed packages to RAM. There is a local |
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backup utility that helps to backup your /etc to USB memory together |
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with the list of installed packages so get your configuration back. |
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http://alpinelinux.org |
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-nc |
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