Re: [tlug] Linux appliance deal

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com>]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 00:07, Romeo Theriault <romeo.theriault@example.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the tips.  I was able to install Debian Lenny on the CF
>> (ext2) by sourcing several blogs and the official wiki.  I went with a
>> pretty standard base install with some fstab edits, mostly from
>> http://www.chrissearle.org/node/283
>>
>> |#proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
>> #<-This produces a mount error in Debian Lenny
>> /dev/hda1   /               ext2    noatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
>> tmpfs          /etc/network/run tmpfs defaults,noatime      0  0
>> tmpfs          /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime             0  0
>> tmpfs          /var/lock      tmpfs   defaults,noatime           0  0
>> tmpfs          /var/log       tmpfs   defaults,noatime            0  0
>> tmpfs          /var/run       tmpfs   defaults,noatime            0  0
>> tmpfs          /var/tmp       tmpfs   defaults,noatime           0  0
>> |
Not sure what really uses atime these days, but since it is tmpfs with
or without atime, it does not matter for the CF since it never leaved
the RAM.

As long as distributions are concerned, I have good experiences with
modified SysRescueCD.
But a I am a big Gentoo promoter (and it is based on Gentoo), so take
that with caution if you need to heavily modify it.
Recently I build a firewall/NAT box running entirely from two USB
sticks, one is write protected (Buffalo makes these).

Cheers,
Kalin.