Looking for "ready-to-go", compressed root fs

From: Chris (ceo_at_nospan.on.net)
Date: 07/03/04

  • Next message: Roger Larsson: "Re: Looking for "ready-to-go", compressed root fs" 
    Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 16:58:23 GMT

    First of all, here's what I want to try and accomplish -- it seems
    reasonable to me. Then again, maybe it's not reasonable.

    I'd like a small, compressed root fs on hand that I can load into a RAM
    disk when booting, as an alternate boot device using boot options,
    mainly as a diagnostics and tools root for using against a root on-disk
    that needs a fsck or anything similiar.

    I considered building something similar myself and thought, good grief,
    there has to be a plethora of compressed root fs's very much like this
    already built that I can just use and run in an 8, 16, 32 or even 64 mb
    footprint (such as like what one might run from a USB drive, for
    instance? that would work too since USB booting is an option on the
    hardware I have in mind.)

    Can anyone point to a good, ready-to-use compressed root fs or validate
    this as a useful approach to root fs repairs/diagnositcs, etc.?

    Cross-posted to c.o.l.embedded, since surely someone there would have a
    useful handle on this approach (or why to avoid it and use a different
    approach.)

    Thanks,
    /usr/ceo

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