[gobolinux-users] How to extract Gobolinux files to a 256MB pen/thumb drive?

[Viola Zoltán]

Dear Rayne, to my mind the "MyGoboCreator" is a cool idea!

Zoli

2006/10/27, Rayne Van-Dunem <raynenamibia at gmail.com>:
> Thanks, but right now I'm running WinXP because I've partitioned the hard
> drive one time too many (I've installed many other distros within the past
> two years, then reinstalled Windows again). So compiling from a Gobo system
> won't be feasible until I can get a replacement drive (maybe an external
> one).
>
> This gives me an idea, though.
>
> Ever heard of SLAX? It was made by one guy who used a combination of
> Slackware and Linux Live scripts. Someone else created the MySLAX Creator,
> which allows you to create a custom SLAX LiveCD .iso in Windows using those
> same components (Slackware and Linux Live scripts).
>
> I dunno if you all would want it, but this (MyGobo?) might help matters for
> anyone who may want to migrate from Windows to Gobo (hard drive, LiveCD or
> LiveUSB) without having to be running a Linux system beforehand.
>
> Rayne
>
>
> On 10/27/06, Lucas C. Villa Real <lucasvr at gobolinux.org> wrote:
> > On 10/27/06, Rayne Van-Dunem <raynenamibia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to realize my idea of Gobolinux 012 on a USB thumb drive at
> the
> > > moment, and I've gotten some random shareware app (Undisker) for
> extracting
> > > files from ISOs so as to move them to the thumb drive. However, the
> kernel
> > > and initrd components are, for the lack of a better term, freakin' huge.
> And
> > > this stick only has 256MB of space, might I add.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to trim the files down so that I could fit them all into
> the
> > > drive without screwing anything up?
> >
> > I'd recommend you to start by copying the entire distribution to a
> > separate directory. Then look at kernel modules you're not going to
> > need, and remove them from System/Kernel/Modules. After that, take a
> > look at your Programs directory, and see what you're not going to
> > need. These are probably things like AbsTK, Aspell, Autoconf,
> > Automake, BC, Bin86, Bison, CDRDAO, CDRTools, CUPS, Cdparanoia, and so
> > on.
> >
> > I'd really recommend you to compile Busybox too, which should replace
> > a _lot_ of tools. I've a small setup here that simply has the
> > following programs: BusyBox, Glibc, GoboHide, Grub, JPEG, LibPNG,
> > OpenSSH, OpenSSL, TinyScripts and ZLib. Based on this small base, you
> > can easily add further programs such as Xorg, GTK+/Qt, a window
> > manager, an internet browser, a image manipulation program, and so on.
> >
> > Some weeks ago I prepared a tiny Gobo system to be able to run LMbench
> > in a few computers. Besides the fact that it's based on Glibc 2.3.6,
> > you may find it easier to use it as a quickstart. The ISO is available
> > here:
> > http://lucasvr.gobolinux.org/Gobo-LMbench-001.iso
> >
> > This tiny setup has been entirely generated by the Bootstrap tool,
> > documented here:
> > http://gobo.kundor.org/wiki/GoboLinux_Embedded
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > --
> > Lucas
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