[Herts] Tiny Rdhat/Centos (was Microblogging)

[ROBERTS, Mike]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the pointer.  It is an interesting lead but I suspect it may
not help unfortunately.

I gather that RHEL5/Centos5 (the version I have to use for compatability
reasons) is equivalent to FC6. Revisor, and LiveCD-tools
(http://git.fedoraproject.org/git/?p=livecd;a=summary) and Pungi
(https://fedorahosted.org/pungi/), which Revisor uses, all seem to only
work from FC7 onwards. The Revisor pages seem to suggest that this is
down to various other tools used in creating distributions having not
been entirely open source up until FC7. I suspect that this would mean
that they may not be available or backwards compatible with an FC6/RH5
based system.

I will keep it in mind though as in the future I will no doubt be able
to upgrade my app and with it the underlying OS.

Cheers Mike 8-{>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> [mailto:herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Kevin Parkes
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:47 PM
> To: herts at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Herts] Microblogging
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Not sure if this is near enough the RH / CentOS requirement but would
> Fedora's Revisor help build something suitably lean?
> 
> http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/
> 
> 	Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of ROBERTS, Mike
> Sent: 12 March 2009 18:27
> To: herts at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Herts] Microblogging
> 
> 
> Hi Darren,
> 
> I have to confess I was using RH partly in the generic sense (c.f.
> Ubuntu/Debian). So, yes, Centos is possible for the clients. 
> Ther server
> has to be RH but that doesnt mean the clients do. In the trials I have
> done so far I have got the app running on a Centos box and 
> have an image
> from that box booting to a diskless box (if I remember right.) However
> the image is huge (in my diskless client terms :o) ) and takes a while
> to download. The app only needs an X11 window to run in (as in no
> windows manager required I think/hope) and I am keen to strip the OS
> back to just about only enough to run X, the app and have the special
> data interface card drivers it needs.
> 
> Obviously if we could get to somewhere near a DSL / Knoppix sized
> version to start that would be superb. By that point I should know
> enough to be able to pare it down to the bone for my specific
> application.
> 
> Cheers Mike 8-{>
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > [mailto:herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Darren Reilly
> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:16 PM
> > To: herts at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Herts] Microblogging
> >
> > When you say it has to be RH does it really have to be RH or
> > could it be
> > CentOS ?
> >
> > I would be interested in trying to create a really stripped
> > down version
> > of CentOS for a couple of reasons of my own so if you can use CentOS
> > maybe we can discuss things further. I would not be up for using RH
> > namely because i have moved all my servers to CentOS also I 
> font have
> > access the RH network subscription stuff either.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Darren
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > [mailto:herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of ROBERTS, Mike
> > Sent: 12 March 2009 15:29
> > To: herts at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Herts] Microblogging
> >
> >
> > The application I want to run on the diskless client only
> > runs under RH.
> > This application is the whole reason for doing the diskless
> > client setup
> > and is for a quite specific and slightly esoteric Test and 
> Measurement
> > system. Added to this is a RH only corporate policy. So if I
> > want linux
> > it has to be RH and if I want this app it has to be RH. As 
> there isnt
> > anything else that does what this app does then thats it ;)
> >
> > So, sadly, it is RH or nothing.
> >
> > Cheers Mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > [mailto:herts-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of
> > David Precious
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:24 PM
> > > To: herts at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: Re: [Herts] Microblogging
> > >
> > > On 03/12/2009 08:58 AM, ROBERTS, Mike wrote:
> > > > Any pointers on
> > > > how to shrink Redhat distributions to DSL / Knoppix proportions
> > > > greatfully recieved. Most of the "make your own
> > > iso/distribution" tools
> > > > I have seen advertised seem to be Debian based.
> > >
> > > Out of interest, why would you want to start with DeadRat,
> > rather than
> > > something smaller to start with?
> > >
> > > That's like saying "Any pointers on how to shrink my big
> > slow Transit
> > > van down to the size of an Escort van".
> > >
> > > </flame type="distro">
> > >
> > >
> > > I suspect you probably have some legitimate reasons why you
> > > want to have
> > > a stripped down DeadRat, but I'm curious as to what they are :)
> > >
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