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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, James Miller wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > editing them.  I learned how to plug into a DSL router via USB.  How would
> > we use a DSL line from a USB camera, just run udhcpc and telnet (?) to the
> > IP number?
>
> Load the NIC module, then run udhcpc. The computer you're plugged into
> basically becomes a host for your HD (camera in this case). You can use
> all its hardware, given you've got resources on yur HD (modules, progs
> like udhcpc) to do so.

I could put a uclibc-dynamic complete busybox onto the memory card along 
with the required uclibc libraries (or learn to compile a static version). 
Or make a version specific to camera use (don't need hdparm for a memory 
card).  And put busybox in its own partition added to the path.

I would need to have the NIC module for whatever computer we were plugged 
into.  And a kernel that was compiled to use a LOT of different ethernet 
modules - would it still fit into a 1-floppy boot linux?  I would also 
need to learn how to replace David's kernel, even if it did.

Probably easier just to go online with the software that is already on 
the computer.

> > Our flash disk is August 2005.  If we boot into ro mode, we can't edit the
> > photos and put them back onto the camera.
>
> You'd have 2 partitions: cameras can't write to an ext2 partition anyway.
> The ext2 BL partition could be ro (I presume), and the DOS partition(s)
> where the photos reside rw. This assumes the programs you're using to edit
> don't need to write to the root filesystem while they run.
>
> James

I have no idea if they write to anything while running, other than RAM, 
which they use a LOT of.  My partner takes crooked pictures and wants to 
rotate them, say 23 degrees clockwise, then lop them off to be level 
rectangles again and replace the original image on the camera memory card 
with the fixed one.

Why bother having an ro linux partition if we are writing to the rest of 
the memory card anyway?

Sindi