[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Andrei Dore, I've started with > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ a few weeks ago. I > need a Linux system able to run java programms from > command line (no graphical interface). Until now, I've > constructed the temporary system, now I'm working on > "Installing Basic System Software". The problem is I'm > quite afraid that I will be more over 100 Mb when I > will finish :(. As I need the whole system to run on a > 256 MB compact flash, this will be a real problem. > As far as I've understood, the key is to remove > unneeded packages. > At this moment I'm using a hard-disk to decompress the > archives, and the compact flash to install the working > system. > I use the LiveCD to boot. > Does anyone else needed a java system ? > I'd really appreciate any clues regarding what > packages should be removed. > > Many thanks, > Andrei Dore > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi Andrei i'm doing just the same. Currently i'm using ALFS to make my builds reproducible. Works quit well up to now. To reduce the size, I use the paco package manager to track installed files which i remove afterwards. I tried to move some packages from chapter 6 to chapter 5, but this causes problems (e.g. automake, autoconf won't compile) and i don't have the time to fix them. I have manually reduced a system down to 60MB (without JRE) and hope to reach 40MB (maybe less) by an automatic build/remove. Which packges could be removed depends on what you want to do with the system. For example i added a DHCP client, ppp and the ISDN/CAPI stack and removed all development stuff (gcc, make, autoconf, include files, etc.), most of kernel modules and locale specific file as well as the man pages. I dont need perl, vim, and so on. You could consider using the BusyBox but the saving are not so great when we talk about a 40MB target size. Andreas andreas dot winter at gmx.org -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
