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 1EJaVd-0003YP-I7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:41:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8PHWmN2030212; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:32:48 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([218.111.210.209]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8PHOeD9006299 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:24:43 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8ODIY5k017735 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:18:34 +0800 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] idea about small footprint gentoo From: Ow Mun Heng To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1127387261.14251.1.camel@localhost> References: <1127387261.14251.1.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:18:34 +0800 Message-Id: <1127567914.14811.10.camel@neuromancer.home.net> 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 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bc6b015f-6431-4728-b7a1-3b965073ca2d X-Archives-Hash: 0595dde1652ef2eabc4ee6693bb8fd55 On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 23:07 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > 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. Or.. create your own embedded gentoo. I'm doing it. Currently it's ~30 MB with kernel (very big kernel which have not stripped) and SSH and dhcp. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 21:18:33 up 2:05, 6 users, load average: 1.41, 1.52, 1.25 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list