From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Ezz4d-00082t-2P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:25:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k0KGO1f0019551; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:24:01 GMT Received: from verifonedns.verifone.com (mta01.verifone.com [192.30.91.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k0KGO0fK025293 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:24:01 GMT Received: from vfintmail1.verifone.com (vfintmail1.verifone.com [192.30.91.84]) by verifonedns.verifone.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3442894809 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:23:59 -0800 (PST) X-SEF-Processed: 5_0_0_816__2006_01_20_11_24_00 Received: from Unknown [10.64.128.77] by vfintmail1.verifone.com - SurfControl E-mail Filter (5.0); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:23:59 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C61DDD.E7FC5B71" Subject: RE: [gentoo-embedded] FAQ / How To? Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:23:54 -0500 Message-ID: <5196544A89ECC64F8310D22DFF3E7993015CB74A@TPANTMAIL.verifone.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-embedded] FAQ / How To? Thread-Index: AcYd3N3kZJIytOEdTHK863lAsliVnAAAN/hA From: "Dennis Taylor" To: X-Archives-Salt: 00f1b616-afbc-411d-b352-0347f8c3b15c X-Archives-Hash: 3640d3d24f0fb7300c08cec4ffb549fa This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C61DDD.E7FC5B71 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks. ________________________________ From: Joshua ChaitinPollak [mailto:jpollak@kivasystems.com]=20 Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:16 AM To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] FAQ / How To? This is what I use:=20 http://www.bulah.com/embeddedgentoo.html My installation is 6 mb, since I'm installing into 32 mb, I haven't tried too hard to pair it down. I'm installing on Soekris net4526 boards. Keep in mind there are somethings you can do after you build you filesystem with Gentoo to make the install even smaller: Remove /usr/include Remove all .keep files Audit the rest of the file system for unnecessary files, expecially /etc and /var I have a series of scripts I've written to automate the process described in the above howto, and I would like to publish them shortly, but please don't hold your breath. :) -Josh On Jan 20, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Dennis Taylor wrote: I have tried various ways of building a root fs with uClibc, but to no avail. I have monitored this list long enough to know that someone out there has done it. I need to do it for and X86 target that must fit in about 1.5 MB of flash that gets copied to RAM and started. The "out of the box" configuration I linked to from the uClibc site fails in various ways. I like the Gentoo way of doing things, but the HOWTO link I saved a while back does not work. Any pointers to documents that would help me succeed would be greatly appreciated.=20 Dennis Taylor=20 --=20 Joshua ChaitinPollak Software Engineer Kiva Systems ------_=_NextPart_001_01C61DDD.E7FC5B71 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks.

From: Joshua ChaitinPollak=20 [mailto:jpollak@kivasystems.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, = 2006 11:16=20 AM
To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: = [gentoo-embedded] FAQ / How To?

This is what I use:

http://www.bulah.com/em= beddedgentoo.html

My installation is 6 mb, since I'm installing into 32 mb, I haven't = tried=20 too hard to pair it down. I'm installing on Soekris net4526 boards. Keep = in mind=20 there are somethings you can do after you build you filesystem with = Gentoo to=20 make the install even smaller:

Remove /usr/include

Remove all .keep files

Audit the rest of the file system for unnecessary files, expecially = /etc=20 and /var

I have a series of scripts I've written to automate the process = described=20 in the above howto, and I would like to publish them shortly, but please = don't=20 hold your breath. :)

-Josh

On Jan 20, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Dennis Taylor wrote:

I have tried various ways of building a = root fs=20 with uClibc, but to no avail. I have monitored this list long = enough to=20 know that someone out there has done it. I need to do it for and = X86=20 target that must fit in about 1.5 MB of flash that gets copied to RAM = and=20 started.

The "out of the box" configuration I = linked to from=20 the uClibc site fails in various ways. I like the Gentoo way of = doing=20 things, but the HOWTO link I saved a while back does not = work.

Any pointers to documents that would = help me=20 succeed would be greatly appreciated.

Dennis Taylor =

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Joshua ChaitinPollak

Software Engineer

Kiva Systems

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