The ISO for the ubuntu (server, AMD64) install was 550MB (the other day). So 1GB seems like alot to me.
Of course, as I've mentioned in the past, I first booted System V with 512K (on a 286). No room for applications, "vi temp" hung (decades later, it occurs to me it may have thrashed to virtual memory on the disk without my noticing; in those days I wasn't accustomed to being in the same room with the disk, much less noticing little lights) so I got a memory expansion card. The whole distro of SVr4 was something like 8 1.2MB floppies. So to me, XWindows in BIOS would be an extravagant luxury :-) Peter On 5/20/08, Joe Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Robert G. Brown wrote: > > Very interesting article, but 1 GB is still a bit tight. The really >> interesting times coming are in one year, when the motherboards comes >> with linux in 2 or even 4 GB flash. In one GB you can load a >> > > ... and until then we use CF->SATA converters and boot from 4 GB flash > cards. We have built working 4GB flash images of Ubuntu, Suse, Openfiler, > and one of the RHELs. > > Mind you, creating such a thing is a non-trivial exercise, especially for > RHEL and RHEL like systems. > > This said, this is one of the ways we deliver OSes for JackRabbit. > > bootstrapper, and/or a fairly sparsely equipped version of linux. GUI >> sure, but still far from a kitchen sink installation that won't need >> enhancing with more packages to be individually useable and "happy". In >> 4 GB you can load a fully functional GUI version of linux complete with >> e.g. Open Office, X, and lots of bells and whistles, and if you install >> > > You can do lots of things in 4GB. > > [...] > > I have some direct experience with embedded Windows, and it is crap. It >> is partly DELIBERATE crap, as MS is in competition with itself and >> > > Windows mobile ... I agree, it is not something good. > > > -- > Joseph Landman, Ph.D > Founder and CEO > Scalable Informatics LLC, > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com > phone: +1 734 786 8423 > fax : +1 734 786 8452 > cell : +1 734 612 4615 > >
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