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To: Alex Dommasch
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Subject: Re: memdisk with debian live
> [... lots of useful info...]
> What is your original reason for using memdisk? Things sh
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:00:52AM -0300, Maximiliano Marin Bustos wrote:
> Now, my question is: Which option i must modify if i want use an own
> compiled kernel?
It's in the FAQ: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/FAQ under "Q: How do I
use a custom kernel?" (You need to make a Debian package of
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Brendan Sleight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/10/26 Tzafrir Cohen Wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 07:41:52PM -0300, Maximiliano Marin Bustos wrote:
> >> I'm creating a minimalist distribution which it can runs on an old
> machine
> >> with 64 mb RAM and a co
2008/10/26 Tzafrir Cohen Wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 07:41:52PM -0300, Maximiliano Marin Bustos wrote:
>> I'm creating a minimalist distribution which it can runs on an old machine
>> with 64 mb RAM and a core Intel Petium I. My distro will starts a web
>
> Won't a live CD waste memory by usin
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On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 04:26:32PM -0700, Alex Dommasch wrote:
> Hi folks. I'm new to this list, and pretty new to linux, although I
> used to do a fair amount of work around unix many years ago, so I have a
> grasp of some of the fundamentals.
[...]
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 07:41:52PM -0300, Maximiliano Marin Bustos wrote:
> Hi everybody!
> I'm creating a minimalist distribution which it can runs on an old machine
> with 64 mb RAM and a core Intel Petium I. My distro will starts a web
> server, ftp server and ssh server. So i was thinking 2.6.X
Alex Dommasch wrote:
> Hi folks.
Hi,
> So,…is debian-live supported running from memdisk? Is there
> something I can tweak to fix it? Or is it a non-starter?
i consider this abuse of memdisk. please do it the regular way, by
writing the image to your stick. check
http://wiki.debian.org/Deb
Maximiliano Marin Bustos wrote:
> Hi everybody!
Hi,
> So i was thinking 2.6.X kernel
> will be very hard to old machines
depends.
only looking at the kernel itself, as long as a particular driver you're
needing is not missing in 2.6 compared to 2.4 (i don't think there is
anything of value that
Pier Maria Mattioli wrote:
> Hi,
Hi,
> - Do I really need to re-compile the kernel in the chroot environment ( as
> I read somewhere) or can I use the host's running kernel and its
> initrd.img?
in general, there are always multiple ways to achieve something.
regarding kernels, you *could* pu
