running python on a floppy?
Sean Dunn
sdunn at digitalanvil.com
Wed Sep 22 12:51:40 EDT 1999
Daniel Goertzen wrote:
> Do you guys think I could squeeze a linux kernel and a python interpreter
> onto a floppy disk? I'm concerned that the interpreter might use some
> gigantic shared libraries ...
>
> This will be for a web accessable embedded system. There's plenty of ram
> for ramdisks and such.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan.
I realize this is an old post.. But try starting with
# the "python on a disk" kit for Win32 (should be applicable to any os)
http://bigbear.pc.helsinki.fi/harri/pythonkit/
and
# Python for embedded systems
http://www.abo.fi/~iporres/python/
and
# A theory doc for the above
http://www.abo.fi/~iporres/python/rparra.pdf
Sean
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