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 4.43) id 1EIP2y-0005hR-HU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:15:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8MB8SaK017443; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:08:28 GMT Received: from dbmail-mx1.orcon.net.nz (loadbalancer2.orcon.net.nz [219.88.242.4]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8MB3eUG005319 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:03:41 GMT Received-SPF: none Received: from sf.rout.dyndns.org (60-234-144-216.bitstream.orcon.net.nz [60.234.144.216]) by dbmail-mx1.orcon.net.nz (8.13.2/8.13.2/Debian-1) with ESMTP id j8MB9Nc2019684 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:09:24 +1200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:07:41 +1200 Message-Id: <1127387261.14251.1.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.86.2, clamav-milter version 0.86 on dbmail-mx1.orcon.net.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Archives-Salt: e63a4bb7-360d-4e09-a9d0-2f96aff1e824 X-Archives-Hash: 0106322a78254a52c6366f741a731962 On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 12:01 +0200, Sascha Lucas wrote: > Hi, > > I'm thinking of a small footprint gentoo produced in this way: > > 1) install everything you need > 2) note current system time > 3) reboot and do all operations you need in this small gentoo > 4) remount with noatime > 5) find all files in the FS that have an atime before the system time you > note in 2) > 6) delete all files found in 5); they were not accessed, so we don't need > them? > > What do you think about this? Does it have a chance to work? no what about stuff that doesn't run all the time? stuff that cro needs etc? look at catalyst, it is the tool for building custom gentoo installs. > > THX, > > Sascha. > > -- > Air conditioned environment - do not open windows! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list