[Devil-Linux-discuss] Small Devil running only a few services

[James H. <jam...@gm...>]

Hello,

I am working for an ISP that is looking into running a DNS server on a 32MB
chip that is capable of remote GUI administration.

I have found Devil to be pretty much what I need, however the distro size is
quite large, and I am finding trouble in creating a smaller OS using the
Devil distro.

I need it to have pretty much everything the core Devil has (including the
NIC drivers), but it only needs to run DNS (BIND), SAMBA, and SSH. Samaba
will be used for the remote administration of the BIND files and the SSH
will be used for remote management of the OS.

These are going to fit onto 32MB FLASH cards that have an adapter to make
them from PCMCIA bus into IDE buses.

I have some Linux experience, but I have a question about the
configurability of Devil.

First off, I noted that you can "customize" the CD, or distro. However, it
states that it wants the full ISO in a folder in order to make the distro. I
am wondering if all the files/folders + any new folders/files will be added
to the custom ISO, or can I opt out of certian packages?

Secondly, do I need to configure this on a Linux box? I have noted that I
can not copy the distro to a Windows box, due to naming conventions.

Thanks,
James