From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] smaller Plan9 dist From: Charles Forsyth Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:03:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-glcronevmxazohodcxjboncjfj" Topicbox-Message-UUID: cdda377c-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-glcronevmxazohodcxjboncjfj Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit if you set it up somewhere else you can copy just what you need. in fact, you could probably boot from cd on another machine, make an archive of just what you need, then unpack that onto the CF card, if you haven't the space to do a full installation anywhere. in any case, 250 Mb should be plenty for many purposes (given that a stripped down system will fit in the 16 or is it 32 mbyte flash on an ipaq) --upas-glcronevmxazohodcxjboncjfj Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by lavoro; Tue Jul 27 07:07:41 BST 2004 Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 6406B1A03D for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:05:52 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from localhost (neuromancer.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.2]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 00EFC19BE0 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:05:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by localhost (neuromancer [130.203.4.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17412-01-42 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:05:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from babingka.lava.net (babingka.lava.net [64.65.64.26]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 72A7C19BC0 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 02:05:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by babingka.lava.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DAA9135B5; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:05:26 -1000 (HST) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:05:26 -1000 (HST) From: Tim Newsham To: matthias@mteege.de, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] smaller Plan9 dist In-Reply-To: <2815cde17b2227e6b553cfc5e4e548be@mteege.de> Message-ID: References: <2815cde17b2227e6b553cfc5e4e548be@mteege.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cse.psu.edu Cc: X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: 9fans-bounces+forsyth=terzarima.net@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-bounces+forsyth=terzarima.net@cse.psu.edu > I try do install Plan9 from the iso Image on a 250 MB > CF Card but it looks like that the card is to small > for the standard Plan9 setup. I try to build a standalone > cpu/auth server without a disk but now I need a 512 MB > CF Card. Why not boot the cpu server diskless, then you only need a few k for the boot loader? Tim N. --upas-glcronevmxazohodcxjboncjfj--