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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2006-07-05 20:10:00
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On Wed, July 5, 2006 14:43, James Hoegl wrote: > 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 You need to get the DL Development Environment and compile your own ISO. You can select which packages you want and so strip it down quite a bit. Check our documentation on how to do this. -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |