From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:15:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:15:45 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:4070 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:15:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:24:43 +0200 From: Piotr Esden-Tempski To: Amol Kumar Lad Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reducing root filesystem Message-ID: <20020410142443.GA4665@bingo-ev.de> In-Reply-To: <7CFD7CA8510CD6118F950002A519EA3001067D06@leonoid.in.ishoni.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, You can try using dietlibc (http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/) and other tools listed on http://www.fefe.de/ . There is also a project rewriting shell tools in assembler but I do not remember the name. This should reduce required root space a little. cheers Esden On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 07:38:09PM +0530, Amol Kumar Lad wrote: > Hi, > I am porting Linux to an embedded system. Currently my rootfilesystem is > around 2.5 MB (after keeping it to minimal and adding tools like busybox). I > want to furthur reduce it to say maximum of 1.5 MB. > Please suggest some link/references where I can find the details to optimise > my root filesystem > > thanks > Amol > > please CC me > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- bChat2: http://bchat2.bingo-ev.de ___ ___ ___ _ _ bChat: http://bchat.bingo-ev.de | _ || _ || __|| |// ROCK LINUX: www.rocklinux.org ||_|||| |||| | / -Born to run kill -9 win | _|||_||||__ | \ -"Ignorance is bliss." (Matrix) ||\\ |_LINUX__||_|\\ GPG Public Key Block: http://www.esden.net/me/esden-key-2002-01-17.asc