Re: [Simh] minimal linux

2011-03-04 Thread E. Groenenberg
Ok, For those who want to play with the ttylinux build script and simh modifications, the scripts & code can be found at http://www.groenenberg.net/download/SW/simh_ttylinux/. Feedback is appreciated if you have recommendations regarding the code. Have fun! Ed BTW, no warranty, blahdiblahd

Re: [Simh] minimal linux

2011-03-03 Thread Gregg Levine
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:21 PM, E. Groenenberg wrote: > Interesting. > > I'm currently experimenting with 'ttylinux' (latest build) > to work on a EPIA-1 board with a MOXA 4 channel serial card. > > This release uses kernel 2.6.34.6 and I use the i486 configuration > file. I did build a simh p

Re: [Simh] minimal linux

2011-03-03 Thread Jason Stevens
> Hi, Jason, > > There are any number of minimal Linux distros available using the latest > kernels.  Why travel so far back in time for the base platform?  Why not > reserve those impulses for the systems we love to emulate? ;-) > >                                                                Ri

Re: [Simh] minimal linux

2011-03-03 Thread Rich Alderson
> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:51:38 -0500 > From: Jason Stevens > The whole thing is based off of Xdenu, which was some super minimal > thing at the time to make a simple X terminal... so networking is in > there. > This may be another way to a minimal 'bare iron' type of thing. Hi, Jason, There

Re: [Simh] minimal linux

2011-03-03 Thread E. Groenenberg
Interesting. I'm currently experimenting with 'ttylinux' (latest build) to work on a EPIA-1 board with a MOXA 4 channel serial card. This release uses kernel 2.6.34.6 and I use the i486 configuration file. I did build a simh package for it so it work within the ttylinux build environment. The

[Simh] minimal linux

2011-03-03 Thread Jason Stevens
While I was reading that slashdot thread of people reminiscing about Linux in the late 1990's (http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/03/03/006250/Reminiscing-Old-School-Linux ), I found mention of this gem... spkdoom. It's 2.7MB compressed, and setup as a UMS-DOS filesystem.  I know with it being Lin