On Friday 16 May 2003 12:13 pm, Keegan Quinn wrote: > On Friday 16 May 2003 11:45 am, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Keegan Quinn wrote: > > > > more than once i had to install small dns servers on boxes with less > > > > than 100Mb flash and stuff like that... so basically also the minimal > > > > installation has to be tight.. then rm doc and man and after install > > > > the minimum sets of pkgs to provide the services. > > > > > > Please do not try to force this methodology upon the standard Debian > > > base system. Administrators of embedded systems have many tools to > > > deal with these problems already, that do not require ever unpacking > > > the full base onto the target. > > > > sorry but i can hardly read from the previous post that i am trying to > > force something to someone. I guess this is just a misunderstanding. > > Perhaps the word 'force' was a bit harsh, but it's essentially how it works > for an end-user. It seemed to me that you were suggesting that the > standard installer should be optimized for embedded systems, which does not > sound like a very good idea. These systems have many specialized needs > which cannot be easily accounted for.
Although, in retrospect, I wouldn't object at all to a different installer which is actually designed for embedded systems. :) I'm not sure if work is being done along these lines or not. - Keegan