[luau] HDD-less Linux

[MonMotha]

4MB is MUCH MUCH easier to work in than 1.44, especially if I can use a 
compressed RAMDISK (how much ram do these suckers have).  In 4MB, I 
could probably even squeeze in the tiny X server (for a "thin client" 
image).

As for flash disks, I don't know what kind you're using, but I'm a fan 
of those little CF to IDE converters (that run the CF card in IDE compat 
mode), they're about $10 each at the place I've found (I'll have to find 
it again :) and you can just put a normal CF card on them.

--MonMotha

Warren Togami wrote:
> We could use your HDD-less Linux experience for R Scott Belford's cashier
> conversion from Win98 to Linux too.  I hope that they can use read-only 4MB
> IDE flash disks on each cashier in place of their hard drives.  Less moving
> parts and heat generation, more reliable setup.  Each disk will need an SSH
> client and simple LPD client and server.
> 
> Scott and Dean, could you please provide details of how your Point of Sale
> system works?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MonMotha" <monmotha at indy.rr.com>
> To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 6:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [luau] A Mission For Luau
> 
> 
> 
>>If you need any help doing HDD-less linux distros, don't hesitate to ask
>>me as I've been working on that quite a bit recently.  I've got a
>>complete system with basically every networking tool you could ever want
>>(including full ipv6 support) on one barely full floppy disk, and that's
>>without tweaking the linking and compiler optimization for size.
>>
>>BTW: I am going to get working on your DMZ support Warren, been busy
>>recently, but this weekend I have monday off and my LAN party on sat.
>>fell through, so I might get some time.
>>
>>--MonMotha
>>
>>
> 
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