The real value would be not in a little box, but something like
NoCatSplash, where a workstation functions as an AP and/or broadband router.
True, Mark, the embedded systems are fairly slim compared to 'doze, but by
the time you get a working IP stack on it, you're already at several MB.
You'd then need some way to configure it (telnet or...yikes!...browser). I
think the Linux builds are tighter than this by 50-60% (best guess). I
agree that it might be fun for the excersize, but... :-)
BTW, glad you made it home safe & sound. Thanks for a really great eent
this year.
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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:35:54 -0400 madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
>In <5760-SnapperMsg4EDDFFFDBDA4801D@68.246.129.162>, on 10/26/04 at 06:27
>PM,
> Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> said:
>
>>You'd need to squeeze the OS/2 install down quite a bit. From where I
>>sit, that's the biggest problem, John. Check out the size of one of the
>>embedded Linux distros...
>
>>I know that OS/2 has been used in embedded apps before, but I doubt that
>>the installs have been that small.
>
>I thought the embedded ones just use the bare basic. No PMSHELL, no WPS,
>no MMOS2, no support apps and utilities, just the kernel and loader,
>command processor, file system, minimal required drivers and a TCP/IP
>stack. I would think that would be pretty small compared to windoze if
>you could even do it with windoze, but I have no idea what a stripped down
>Linux is like. Its my understanding that many if not most of the routers
>out there already use a stripped down Linux, so I'm not sure what would be
>the point of trying this with OS/2 other then to show it can be done.
>
>Mark
>
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