[Asterisk-Users] Booting * from CF

[Andy Powell]

On 02/01/2005 at 11:21 Michael Graves wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I've read J.R. Richardson's paper "Create an Embedded Asterisk Server"
>which outlines making a Debian server that boots from a compressed disc
>image on a CF card. I'm really interested in this as I want my * server
>to be more like an appliance than a PC. However, the paper is only an
>outline and some of the processes of pruning the installation down to a
>minimum are beyond my Linux skills. 


http://www.automated.it/asterisk/asterisk-cf.htm


>
>That being the case, and CF cards being bigger and cheaper every month,
>does anyone have an experience building a server that simply boots from
>a 512 MB or 1 GB CF card? Is that big enough?

 It really depends on what you want to do, are you thinking of storing voicemail on the CF? The
above link is to install onto a 64mb CF card (can be used on bigger cards too if required)


Andy