Hello, On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:44:46 -0600 Harmon Seaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed the x11-image on my h2200, and finally got usbnet to > route to the internet, so did the "ipkg update" and "ipkg upgrade", > both of which completed successfully. Then did "ipkg install > gnome-mplayer" but that ended in failure when the machine ran out of > room. I've tried removing a few uneeded packages, like the hermes and > orinoco modules but that hasn't really emptied much. Are there files > left from the upgrade downloads that I need to remove? Like in debian, > you do an "apt-get clean" and remove all the downloaded files. No, ipkg should download all stuff to tmpfs and clean up after that itself. Also, the only officially supported way to install Angstrom on PocketPC devices is http://linuxtogo.org/gowiki/WinCeQuickInstall . Why "only"? By 2 reasons: 1. There're largely not enough resources in user-ready Embedded Linux distros area (Angstrom's area), while there're lots of issues and problems. So, prioritizing one set of features over others is the only sustainable way to provide some reasonable level of user-readiness. The priority for Angstrom is consistent device coverage, because before Angstrom, there were just multiple feudal distros with limited device support and trying to solve same issues again and again. 2. So well, there're no resources to support well multiple installation methods. Now, why WinCeQuickInstall supports exactly *that* method? It would be natural to support flash install, right? Not quite. First of all, not all devices have flash support in kernel. Secondly, most devices have rather limited amount of flash, and user would fill it up rather quickly (which is your case). So, based on the ideas above, there're 3 choices a user can follow with Angstrom: a) Use officially recommended installation procedure and have seamless Ansgtrom introduction. Once user becomes more experienced, he can try more advanced installation methods. b) Hack Angstrom on his own to try to achieve what he wants. c) Work on adding official support for more advanced installation methods. > Otherwise, what to do for more room? I know ipkg-link is not used > here. Can I move some files to a SD card and link to them? I've done > that in other distros, with varying success. Usually have problems > with symbolic links not copying over, etc. ipkg-link is not supported because some Angstrom core developers have preconception against it. I hope by now you know what to do - apply ABC above to this specific case. Adding more letters, but as another example, it will be: a) Use officially recommended installation procedure which was deliberately devised to keep you away from such problems, at least at the beginning. b) Use ipkg-link at your own support and risk, understanding that using explicitly unsupported tools is considered to "taint" your system. c) Work on figuring out and resolving ipkg-link issues, or developing another tool of similar purpose, but not having ipkg-link's issues. > > > -- > Harmon Seaver > [] -- Best regards, Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
