Re: [MiNT] Update Sparemint system with Gentoo - how?

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:44:03 +0100, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>> Anyone else who installs GentooMiNT - please add observations to
>>> pre-lim doc - then we can get a proper doc out and get the "sample
>>> distro" updated - ie some people say they cant find init.. - so doc
>>> needs some other info (maybe Atari specific?)
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I'd be interested in any feedback. But I do need to get the sample
>> distro updated.
>
>
> I have installed the sample distribution on my Firebee. But I don't use any
> init-scipts (or init at all). I only needed the fileutils, so Gentoo is
> slightly overkill in my case ;)
>
> I stole the tools I needed and put them in a tar-archive which is unpacked
> to /ram at each boot. So now I have a small and fast setup with just the
> tools I need. When Alan provides a distro compiled for Coldfire I will
> repeat this process.
>
> Jo Even
>
thats a really good idea Jo - can you post or attach an:
 ls -l > dir.txt
for us - a mini-distro might be the go for a lot of peeps..