Re: embedded ROMd linux?

Bas Mevissen (sgm@stack.nl)
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 10:45:54 +0200 (MET DST)

Richard B. Johnson wrote:
:
: On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Gil-ad Madar wrote:
:
: > Neal Becker wrote:
: > >
: > > I'm interested in an embedded 386 ROM-based linux. Any pointers?
: >
: > Hi!
: > I am also interested in the usage of Linux'es multi-tasking kernel,
: > without the multi-users capabilities. Has any work been done about
: > these issues?
: > Thanx, gil-ad@inter.net.il
: >
: Depends upon what issues. If you boot with init=/bin/bash, you have a
: single user multitasking machine. "init" can be any program that you
: want to write.
:
: This means that you can make anything you want, simple to complex, with
: the capability of doing all the "Unix" things. I use this technique for
: our name-server. It is secure because all it does is serve names. One
: can't execute a shell because there isn't any. In this case, "init" is
: a simple program that execs stuff necessary to set up the network, then
: it overwrites itself with named/bind.

And a nice way to set up a little print server. Unfortunately the 2.xx.xx
kernels do not support nfs swapping, so I'm stuck with
1.2.13-elf-and-pathed-a-lot kernels :-(

There seem to be patches for reducing memory requirements and other stuff
for small systems. I forgot where to find it. Any pointers ?

Bye,

Bas.

:
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: Cheers,
: DJ
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