On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:07 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> Linux can hardly fit in a 2MB flash device, once you have opened the
> > Yes, but this text was written in the old times (2004?)
> 
> I've been using OpenWRT on my WL-700gE for a while now.  That machine
> has a 2MB flash, so OpenWRT is quite usable there.  But yes, it also has
> a IDE interface, so the 2MB only serves as a sort of initramfs (indeed,
> I don't even include a jffs2 partition, only squashfs).
> 

So in summary, it is IMO safe to assume that a device like a router with
only 2Mbytes of non-volatile storage (flash) does not run Linux.

Bas.


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