Użytkownik W.P. napisał: > Użytkownik Andrew Wiley napisał: > >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Florian Fainelli <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> Le Tuesday 28 April 2009 13:58:38 Andrew Wiley, vous avez écrit : >> > I stumbled onto this website while doing some research on a Linksys >> > printserver I retired a while back (the firmware kept crashing, >> but I don't >> > think it was a hardware problem), and I'm wondering if it would >> be possible >> > to install Linux on it. It has an ADM5120P, and the hardware >> seems to be >> > supported, but how would I go about installing anything? Is >> there a serial >> > port header that I need to use? Would using it equate to >> soldering a serial >> > port to it? >> >> Soldering a seria port is not an option if you want to do >> something serious >> with it. >> >> >> Then how would it normally be done? I'm hoping to do this more for the >> experience than for the final product, if only because there's a >> chance that the reboot problem is hardware related, and the whole box >> is fairly useless right now. >> >> >> >> >> > Is it even feasible to have a linux system running on 1MB of >> flash and 4 MB >> > of RAM? >> >> That's too small you would need at least 2MB Flash and 8MB RAM. >> >> >> Could 2MB hold a full kernel? If I can compile in the right USB >> drivers, I can put the rootfs on a flash drive in the USB port (this >> is a printserver, so it has one), right? >> >> >> Andrew Wiley >> >> > Look for "midge" distribution (midge.vlad.org.ua), especially forum. > Look for "Bifferos" posts, he has "squidge" Linux for 2MB USB print server. > > W.P. > > Forgot: squidge has approx 800kB footprint (kernel+drivers, rootfs on USB stick). You may try to load it on your device. (but don't know if 2.6 kernel will work on 4M RAM). W.P.
