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From: Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:15:24
Message-Id: 1127387261.14251.1.camel@localhost
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo by Sascha Lucas
1 On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 12:01 +0200, Sascha Lucas wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I'm thinking of a small footprint gentoo produced in this way:
5 >
6 > 1) install everything you need
7 > 2) note current system time
8 > 3) reboot and do all operations you need in this small gentoo
9 > 4) remount with noatime
10 > 5) find all files in the FS that have an atime before the system time you
11 > note in 2)
12 > 6) delete all files found in 5); they were not accessed, so we don't need
13 > them?
14 >
15 > What do you think about this? Does it have a chance to work?
16
17 no
18
19 what about stuff that doesn't run all the time? stuff that cro needs
20 etc?
21
22 look at catalyst, it is the tool for building custom gentoo installs.
23
24 >
25 > THX,
26 >
27 > Sascha.
28 >
29 > --
30 > Air conditioned environment - do not open windows!
31
32 --
33 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo Sascha Lucas <sascha.lucas@×××××××××××××××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au>
Re: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@×××.com>