On 24/06/06, Rogier Krieger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 6/25/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yes, but the first thing for me is to learn how the system works and
> this
> > is also a part of my diploma project.
>
> If you want to get to know the system, read afterboot(8) and the fine
> documentation (such as the FAQ, etc.). I find those far more valuable
> than trying to break out pieces of something designed to be a rather
> *complete* OS.
>
> If you want to know what dependencies the various bits of the system
> have, see the man pages (and which pages they refer to) or use tools
> such as ldd(1) or better: see the sources.
>
> I suppose the latter would gain you much more insight for your diploma
> project as well.
>
>
> > A good thing about unix-like os's is that you can fit them to a floppy.
>
> Sure, there are installer floppies. And there'll probably be
> 'production systems' fitted onto a floppy as well. Although I'm sure
> there are people who have wonderful examples of a 'running system' on
> a 1.44M floppy, I don't see much use for such versions beyond killing
> time. Anyone who feels differently, feel free to enlighten me :)
>
>
> > I want to install it to 128mb CF.
>
> If you want to install to a 128M CF, I suppose you're limiting
> yourself to base39.tgz, etc39.tgz and a few bytes or spare space. I
> wonder whether flashdist (as is rather popular on Soekris devices)
> would be an easier tool for you.
>
> Citing Google for "flashdist OpenBSD:
> http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/
>
>
> > If I want to remove apache do I only need to delete /var/www and
> > binary files in bin/ ?
>
> That all depends on how thorough (or reckless, for that matter) you
> wish to be. It all sounds like a somewhat useless exercise to me. See
> the list archives for more people who had a desire to strip apache out
> of the system if you really think it's useful to you (or your diploma
> exercise).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rogier
>
> --
> If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there.
>
>
Read /etc/rc and understand everything in it.
/Tony
--
Tony Sarendal - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IP/Unix
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