Archive for December 2003

 
 

Uboot

Uboots are opensource on sourceforge.net

uboot.zip is a linux server micro image able to run native from cd, usb-drive or qemu emulated under windows, linux or macosx.

The initrd image is a minimal busybox with telnetd, httpd, ash, awk, plus some needed stuff, if you like coding awk this is enough to run a mini http server.

The initrd image includes kernel modules needed for scsi cdrom detecting, usb storage device and for qemu to bridge network connection so that running the image into qemu and redirecting the ports allows the mini http server to be reached by windows/macosx/linux host and the image itself via telnet.

The eja.img is a tiny framebuffer X server, with fluxbox as window manager, a stripped gtk 1.2 version of mozilla firefox 1.5, php 5.2.1 with sqlite compiled in and remaining kernel modules for network cards, audio, etc.

Into main zip directory there are 3 batch files for windows, linux and macosx plus isolinux and syslinux needed for cd and usb boot.

If you need a portable mini web server or a 30Mb just-linux&firefox with network support maybe uboot.zip is a good idea…

Download uboot.zip from uboot.souceforge.net .

uboot is an init clone to start a crypted and crunched linux server.

Download uboot from uboot.sourceforge.net .