asterisk users - Nov 2003 - FYI: Simple Small Asterisk install..

Hi,

If anyone is looking for a small Asterisk installation I have managed to 
get it down to 296MB (If you remove the kernel source code.. could 
probably be made smaller if some of the devel packages and asterisk 
source is removed as well.)

To do it I used Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 (http://www.trustix.net), did a 
minimum install with ssh support(92MB) and then added the required 
packages individually..

Everything has compiled and Asterisk loads but I haven't tried any 
Zaptel drivers or hardware so can't comment on that..

Anyway if anyone needs a small secure install there it is..

Later..

At 3:41 PM +0000 11/19/03, WipeOut wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>If anyone is looking for a small Asterisk installation I have 
>managed to get it down to 296MB (If you remove the kernel source 
>code.. could probably be made smaller if some of the devel packages 
>and asterisk source is removed as well.)
>
>To do it I used Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 (http://www.trustix.net), 
>did a minimum install with ssh support(92MB) and then added the 
>required packages individually..
>
>Everything has compiled and Asterisk loads but I haven't tried any 
>Zaptel drivers or hardware so can't comment on that..
>
>Anyway if anyone needs a small secure install there it is..
>
>Later..
I would imagine that if you could get it into 256mb, that would be 
ideal, since it would fit into many flash disk chips, while 292mb 
means one would need to buy a 512mb chip (much more expensive.)

JT

Klaus-Peter Junghanns wrote:
>Hi,
>
>if anyone is looking for a really small * installation take a SuSE
>rescue system, add sshd, zaptel and *. Gzip it and the image is only
>28MB which fits into a 64MB ramdisk and leaves some MBs for temporary
>logs, CDRs and voicemail.
>
>regards
>
>kapejod
>  
>
I know this may seem like a dumb question, how do you run the system 
from the gzipped file? got any links to info?

Guess I need to get to know liinux better.. :)

Later..

Hi,

if anyone is looking for a really small * installation take a SuSE
rescue system, add sshd, zaptel and *. Gzip it and the image is only
28MB which fits into a 64MB ramdisk and leaves some MBs for temporary
logs, CDRs and voicemail.

regards

kapejod
-- 
Klaus-Peter Junghanns

CEO,CTO
Junghanns.NET GmbH
Breite Strasse 13 - 12167 Berlin - Germany
fon:	+49 30 79705392
fax:	+49 30 79705391
iaxtel:	1-700-157-8753
email:	kpj@junghanns.net
http://www.junghanns.net/asterisk

Am Mit, 2003-11-19 um 16.41 schrieb WipeOut:
> Hi,
> 
> If anyone is looking for a small Asterisk installation I have managed to 
> get it down to 296MB (If you remove the kernel source code.. could 
> probably be made smaller if some of the devel packages and asterisk 
> source is removed as well.)
> 
> To do it I used Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 (http://www.trustix.net), did a 
> minimum install with ssh support(92MB) and then added the required 
> packages individually..
> 
> Everything has compiled and Asterisk loads but I haven't tried any 
> Zaptel drivers or hardware so can't comment on that..
> 
> Anyway if anyone needs a small secure install there it is..
> 
> Later..
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users

WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If anyone is looking for a small Asterisk installation I have managed to 
> get it down to 296MB (If you remove the kernel source code.. could 
> probably be made smaller if some of the devel packages and asterisk 
> source is removed as well.)
> 
> To do it I used Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 (http://www.trustix.net), did a 
> minimum install with ssh support(92MB) and then added the required 
> packages individually..
> 
> Everything has compiled and Asterisk loads but I haven't tried any 
> Zaptel drivers or hardware so can't comment on that..
> 
> Anyway if anyone needs a small secure install there it is..
Sounds great.
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+embedded+systems
is a starting point for those who want to collect and share information on
Asterisk for small systems.

/O

Hi,

If I understand right,  From a Zap station,  you should be able to 
<flashhook> and transfer/3-way a call.  It appears to have issues 
passing calls from PSTN Zap channels -> Zap extension -> SIP.  See below.

When Pushing an inbound PSTN Zap call from a zap answering station,  and 
pressing <Flashhoook> dialing the SIP extension,  SIP stations answers, 
 Press <flashhook> again,  we are now on a threeway call,  when the Zap 
user hangs up,  * loses it /crashes,  with a debug error of File 
Channel.c Line 2252 (ast_channel_bridge) : Nobody there, continuing.
  The SIP user is still on "the call",  the Zap PSTN call is lost, and
the Zap answering station is hung up.

Is this an issue,  or am I going about this the wrong way?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

you can boot with your favourite bootloader. I boot with pxe over the
network or with syslinux from a 32mb compact flash card usually.
Make sure you add "root=/dev/ram initrd=image.gz" to your kernel 
append line.

regards

kapejod
-- 
Klaus-Peter Junghanns

CEO,CTO
Junghanns.NET GmbH
Breite Strasse 13 - 12167 Berlin - Germany
fon:	+49 30 79705392
fax:	+49 30 79705391
iaxtel:	1-700-157-8753
email:	kpj@junghanns.net
http://www.junghanns.net/asterisk
> I know this may seem like a dumb question, how do you run the system 
> from the gzipped file? got any links to info?
> 
> Guess I need to get to know liinux better.. :)
> 
> Later..
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Asterisk-Users mailing list
> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users

Anyone tried to run Asterisk on Gentoo Linux ?  
If yes,
Howz the performance ?
Any special configuration gotcha's that we have to look out for ?
What was the size of the final installation ?
Is it bulkier than Trustix ?

WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If anyone is looking for a small Asterisk installation I have managed 
> to get it down to 296MB (If you remove the kernel source code.. could 
> probably be made smaller if some of the devel packages and asterisk 
> source is removed as well.)
>
> To do it I used Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 (http://www.trustix.net), did 
> a minimum install with ssh support(92MB) and then added the required 
> packages individually..
>
> Everything has compiled and Asterisk loads but I haven't tried any 
> Zaptel drivers or hardware so can't comment on that..
>
> Anyway if anyone needs a small secure install there it is..
>
> Later..
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com
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