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Checking your system's security is best done sooner rather than later. Test the locks with our article on security verification; find out how to use PAM to help secure your systems; use MinorFS and AppArmor to implement discretionary access control; learn more about Samba security in part III of our series; use Darknet to help detect bots and secure your systems; use the Yubikey to increase your site's security; and don't forget to lock the doors, because a cold boot attack could render your security useless if somebody has physical access to your computer.
But, we're not just about sowing the seeds of fear. We also show you how to use memcached in Rails, how to manage multiple servers efficiently, how to deploy applications easily with Capistrano, how to manage your videos with MythVideo, how to mix it up a bit (your audio that is), and even play a few games.
How to build a Linux Kernel Image for Pocket PC?
On October 3rd, 2006 Mohit Vohra (not verified) says:
Respected Sir
I am a M.E. student in Software Systems in BITS, Pilani, India. I am currently working on some experiments on Pocket PCs and tablet PCs and Pocket PC phones in the context of Pervasive Computing.
I have gone through your introductory article that encourages others to try and compress basic features of linux in as small devices as floppies. Though the article was helpful in a way that it pinpointed the basic steps required to make an image of linux, it still didn't clearly some of my doubts which are as follows:
1. what basic loadable modules will I need to include with which I can provide basic linux features on a pocket pc.
2. whether its possible for one to load multiple operating systems externally by say, a compact flash card for example onto that Pocket PC? If yes then how to do it?
3. And last but not the least, when you mentioned that you can create a rescue disk for your own distribution of linux, can that image be used on even a small device such as a pocket pc that has support for some RAM and some secondary storage (around 32 to 64 MB ram and 32 to 64 MB secondary storage for instance)?
The reason for these questions is that as part of my experiment I am trying to build a Linux kernel image for a Pocket PC and I want to load it externally, so that when I boot Pocket PC, it gives a choice between Windows Mobile and Linux image.
I would be grateful if you could help me in clearing the doubts that I mentioned as that will be a big step towards my eventual implementation of a Linux Kernel image on a Pocket PC.
Thank you.
Sincerely Yours,
Mohit Vohra
M.E. Software Systems Student,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS),
Pilani, INDIA