From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.195]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7C02BD9F for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:14:22 +1000 (EST) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 76so308413rnk for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <35fb2e59041011151463b2a4bf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:14:09 +0100 From: Jon Masters To: Dan Malek In-Reply-To: <547E0D34-1BB5-11D9-909B-003065F9B7DC@embeddededge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII References: <1097515329.8508.66.camel@nighteyes.localdomain> <547E0D34-1BB5-11D9-909B-003065F9B7DC@embeddededge.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev , Jeff Angielski , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Creating rootfs Reply-To: jonathan@jonmasters.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:42:40 -0400, Dan Malek wrote: > > On Oct 11, 2004, at 1:22 PM, Jeff Angielski wrote: > > > So how are people creating the rootfs for their embedded target these > > days? Busybox? PTX? Strip down some existing filesystem? [ This wants to go to linuxppc-embedded from now on. ] I use PTXdist but with a crosstool generated toolchain at the moment. I then package up stuff that isn't in PTXdist - but you could experiment with embedded Debian et al. > Those are the solutions, choose whatever works best for you. There's a whole bunch of distributions out there too. However rolling your own is the best bet for a small filesystem if you're not buying commercial tools at this point. Otherwise, go pay Monta, DENX, or one of the other embedded developer supporting companies for a flashy solution. Jon.