03-20-2011
Hi!
This may not be what You want to hear but there are so many stripped down OS-distributions already. Maybe it's part of Your work but I personally wouldn't go through re-inventing the wheel for every hardware that You will need support for. Unless that IS Your goal with Your studies.
FreeDOS, Linux, or BSD based. The have most of what You need for hardware support and fit on anything from a floppy to a credit card sized CD. And on lots hardware architectures. The first thing I would do is to take any of those, maybe even a normal distro, auto login a user (from inittab or tty1.conf) and start the desired application. No window managers or other fluff. Maybe You don't need a GUI? Even easier. Determine what You can remove in terms of services and unused programs. Most drivers are modularised. But all that is with regard to disc space, if it ain't running, it won't consume any RAM or CPU.
And please be aware that there is a big difference between what comes with the OS and the user environment, that's usually what makes the distributions unique. The OS (kernel and drivers) doesn't contain very much "user friendly mess". And that is a good thing!
Best regards,
Lakris
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
sysman_station
sysman_station(8) System Manager's Manual sysman_station(8)
NAME
sysman_station - Graphical interface for the SysMan Station
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/sysman -station [hostname] [-display display]
OPTIONS
Specifies the display screen on which sysman_station displays its window. If the display option is not specified, sysman_station uses the
display screen specified by your DISPLAY environment variable. The display option has the format hostname:server.number. The default is
:0.0. For more information, see the X(1X) reference page. The name of the host or cluster member to connect to. If this argument is not
specified, it defaults to the current system.
DESCRIPTION
The SysMan Station is a client-server application consisting of a daemon (smsd(8)) and the SysMan Station graphical user interface (sys-
man_station). The SysMan Station monitors and manages a single system or a TruCluster system.
The SysMan Station client runs on the operating system and can also be run locally on a PC or from a web browser. See the following exam-
ples.
Online help is available for the SysMan Station application. To get help, click on any Help button.
RESTRICTIONS
You must have root privileges to perform most tasks with this application. You can grant root privileges for specific users or groups of
users using the Division of Privileges (DOP) application. See the dop(8) reference page and the on-line help in the sysman dopconfig appli-
cation for additional information.
EXAMPLES
To run the SysMan Station client on a system: /usr/sbin/sysman -station
For details on installing and running the SysMan Station client on a PC or running directly from a web browser, go to the following loca-
tion in a web browser:
http://your_machine_name:2301/SYSMAN/index.html
SEE ALSO
Commands: sysman(8) smsd(8)
System Administration
sysman_station(8)