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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: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:15:23
Message-Id: 20050923120231.C051.NICK@rout.co.nz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo by "W.Kenworthy"
1 On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:05:27 +0800
2 W.Kenworthy wrote:
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4 > I saw a post (I think it was this list, and the following was from
5 > memory) a month or two back of someone who did just this. They
6 > installed with a past date, then ran the system for a week or so and
7 > exercised it extensively. They then did the remove everything based on
8 > atime that hadnt been touched.
9 >
10 > The result was very successful, but they did come across the odd file
11 > they had to put back.
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13 This seems to be the essence of the problem: if you are trying to build
14 a router, reliability is the primary goal.
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16 For that matter it doesn't with the files that you may still have about, but which perhaps have no place on a router - ssh, maybe others.
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19 >Testing after the initial delete was considerable.
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22 Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>
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