Not a bad idea at all, a simple FAQ might do it, I think a lot of things could
be linked in to other places.
Needs a maintainer to collect entries, then perhaps it could be stuck on
waste.org alongside the archives so people see it before subscribing;-)
I am willing to volunteer to collate such a FAQ, as long as no one else
especially WANTS to do it.
Lets see if I can knock something up this weekend with the very basic stuff,
then maybe I can simply build up questions base by re-writing good questions
that come up on the list (Ummmm......frequently asked ones, perhaps;-) )
See you all monday!
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Looks like we could use a FAQ/HOWTO in this newsgroup. Not so much to stop
> people from asking the same questions over and over again (this list isn't
> exactly swamped with request) but to make the discussions more focused and
> hopefully instill some hope in the lonely soles out there wanting to make
> their own embedded Linux but lacking the expertise to get going.
>
> Short list of subjects:
>
> Creating a suitable rootfs, w/ | w/o X etc.
>
> Booting from ROM/Flash. Etherboot. I can write this one up, considering
> that no one else seems willing to share their code <grin>.
>
> More booting. Initrd, rc.d, login.
>
> Power-down/filesystem integrity. Orderly power-downs and recovery after
> not-so-orderly power failures. What needs to be writeable and what is
> better left read-only. (XFS, other journalling and/or logging filesystems,
> overlayfs, ROMS, cache configuration, UPS)
>
> Networking. PPP, Ethernet, SLIP, whathaveyou.
>
> Graphics w/o X. I know only of MicroWindows/NanoX and it/they don't
> support remote hosts?
>
>
> //Björn.
>
> >A lot of what you would like to know could be gleaned from reading the
> archives
> >of this list, see the URL at the bottom of the page.
> >
> >It is quite easy to create a minimal Linux system, but if you are new to
> Linux
> >(and presumably UNIX) you are probably better of using a distro designed
> for
> >embedding, such as Hard Hat Linux., http://www.mvista.com/hardhat. This
> may
> >also be something to check out for people embedding Red Hat;-)
> >
> >That will get you started, when you have more experience you will probably
> want
> >to 'roll-your-own' which is of course the way to get the best
> optimisation!
> >
> >BTW, Slackware is a good 'general purpose' distro for people who are
> ultimately
> >interested in trimming the system, it is far more 'DIY' than distros such
> as RH
> >or SuSE etc.
> >
> >You may also get inspiration from the many 'mini-distros' around. These
> are
> >designed for specific tasks (A router, system recovery etc.)Many fit on a
> >single floppy. http://www.toms.net/rb
> >
> >X can be done using a lot less memory than is typicaly consumed when you
> are
> >using Window managers such as KDE, but if you need a single custom app on
> the
> >display (common in embedded apps) you may also like to chack out the SVGA
> >library, this allows a direct graphic interface to a 'console' (Super VGA
> >compatible card), and is similar to the Borland Graphic Interface, the
> widely
> >used library for doing graphics under DOS.
> >
> >Of course you do know about http://www.linuxembedded.com don't you?
>
>
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