[plug] initrd

[Onno Benschop]

Hi folks,

I've finally got a little time to get my car mp3 player running. I was
initially looking for a bootable CD that just did this, but haven't
found one yet.

I went on to find a way to boot a machine - as fast as possible (sub 30
seconds) - and have it playing music.

I stumbled on the idea of building an initrd that does this, but I'm
also reading conflicting reports that this is fast becoming obsolete.

Ideally all I want is to devote <2Mb of disk space to a linux install
that leaves my drive in read-only, runs from RAM and plays MP3's off the
drive - I'm even prepared to loose any history so when you power it off,
it just starts again.

It would be nice if I could control it via my Sony Clie, but that isn't
a priority.

Comments - rtfm etc?

I know about: wimpy, otto, mc-foo, giantdisc - and I'm sure I've looked
at others but I forget.

Onno Benschop 

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