Hello everyone,
This message was posted on the comp.os.linux.setup newsgroup. I thought it
was interesting. Anyone know how small an install of RH 6.x is possible?
Regards,
Jim H
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Subject: RH installed on a very small flash IDE
From: Vince Banes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:06:55 -0700
I need to install RH 6.x on a system using a small (128Mb)
IDE FLASH drive. I cannot use a regular hard drive since
this system will be placed in a high altitude balloon with
no presureized or heated cabin for the hard drive.
For development, I can attach a floppy and network drop to
the flight hardware. I used the RH 6.1 bootnet.img floppy
install method and got as far as installing the various
packages. The intall stops as says I need more disk space.
I turned off all possible packages, but it still needs at
least 135Mb. Remember, there is only 128Mb total.
I need for the system (Pentium based CPCI based system) to
boot up, load a couple kernal device drivers and then run
one program without any operator intervention. The data
will be collected and written to the FLASH drive and
transmitted via radio to the ground station.
The development will be done on another system and the final
executable files transfered to the flight system. Thus, I
do not need any development support tools on the flight
system.
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