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From: Robert Kaiser <rob@sysgo.de>
To: Hacksaw <hacksaw@hacksaw.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>, Patrizio Bruno <patrizio@dada.it>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Disk is cheap?
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:30:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <01020616352700.04185@rob> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200102061528.f16FSir15100@habitrail.home.fools-errant.com>
In-Reply-To: <200102061528.f16FSir15100@habitrail.home.fools-errant.com>

On Die, 06 Feb 2001 you wrote:
> But paring down the startup scripts is a good idea. For something like an embedded 
> device, you might even want to go with a custom init, 

Yes, I'm using busybox (see busybox.lineo.com). It's a multi-call binary that
contains a simplified init, a shell and a host of other nice things.

> that just runs your main program.

Well the _very_ minimal approach is to have your main program _be_ init :-)



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  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-06 15:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-31 13:29 Disk is cheap? Robert Kaiser
2001-01-31 14:55 ` Patrizio Bruno
2001-01-31 16:12   ` Robert Kaiser
2001-02-01 12:34     ` Wojtek Pilorz
2001-02-03 12:55     ` Pavel Machek
2001-02-06 14:49       ` Robert Kaiser
2001-02-06 15:28         ` Hacksaw
2001-02-06 15:30           ` Robert Kaiser [this message]
2001-02-06 20:17             ` John Fremlin
2001-02-24 13:59 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-02-26 11:32   ` Robert Kaiser
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-30 18:58 mirabilos
2001-01-31  3:27 ` John R Lenton
2001-02-02 14:48 ` Pavel Machek

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