Hello all!
I'm a new member to the group.
I'm an experienced linux person/embedded developer.
I'm new to TS-7260 (few weeks) and new to Debian (coming from years of
Fedora/RedHat/Centos)
I have a couple of general questions that I seek feed back on.
I'm in month one of a long development resulting in a product shipping
on a TS-7260 where power consumption will be an issue.
1. TS-linux versus Debian
I need to add some functionality to the system. python + other goodies.
Is it easier to grow TS-linux to what I want or shrink down debian to
what fits into flash?
I'd rather do the heavy lifting with a package manager
apt/dselect/<whatever>. Is it painful to bootstrap package management
on ts-linux?
I'm currently trying to stabilize the network and reliably switch
between nfs and flash boot etc. I'm experiencing some mild frustration
at what appears to be TS-linux "home brew" networking. I'm trying to
debug booting via dchp and when booting from factory supplied flash,
"ifdown eth0" fails, complaining about missing files. For sure I can
debug it and chase it down, but would it be easier to just start with
debian and whittle it down until it fits in flash? I'm guessing here
that ifdown eth0 works on debian.
Opinions please.
2. I'm honing in on a development model where I boot the kernel from
on-board flash and the TS-7260 root filesystem via NFS. I'll do all my
os/network diddling server side with my favorite editors/tools. Leave
the on board flash root filesystem untouched until I've got something
stable.
Any unforeseen pitfalls here?
3. 2.6 kernel and lenny
My unit shipped with Sarge.
I see some talk of user supported 2.6 kernel. Anyone attempted to bring
up "lenny" on a TS-7xxx product? This is certainly futures as I'm not
planning to build kernels near term. Just trying to get a feel of
whether anyone got 2.6 stable and is running any distribution ahead of
Sarge.
thanks in advance
tc
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