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

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

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.

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  Heiko Zuerker
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