Hello, > > Is there already a debian way to build a compact base-system by usage of > > busybox? > > Or how can I create such a system? > > Do you know about emdebian.org?
Thank you very much for that hint - and No, I didn't know about it yet. I gave grip a try, but I'm quite disappointed. The system after debootstrap is only 20 MB smaller than a standard debootstrap - and busybox wasn't used at all. The goals of crush sound very attractive to me and I feel sorry, that crush is only intended for arm and other embedded CPUs. I would like to build such a tiny system even for i386 or amd64 systems, where I can put the base system on a readonly memory stick (so a harddisk is only needed for logfiles and other changing data). For me, there's no reason to need or want a compiler or any other development tool on such a system. Building packages on a different machine, or better said OS-installation (wich might be the same machine, booted from a harddisk instead of the stick) is what I would like to get (some day ;) )! I know, memory is becoming cheaper and cheaper, but I don't like to waste space and money without need. So I would like to work on crush for commonly used PC-cpus. kind regards Geronimo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
