2008/10/3 Alan Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi. > > Several days ago there was a thread on using a streamlined standard Linux > distribution. These days I have been fiddling with the new Debian Lenny > version (still beta, but it seems not for long). > > A "no frills, no X" install with vi, aptitude and a few other rescue tools > fits comfortably into about 300 Mbytes on an old USB pendrive. Setting a > maximum of 512 MBytes for a basic cluster node setup seems feasable for some > applications. > > Boot time from GRUB to login prompt is 22s on a 6-year-old Celeron laptop. > On ubuntu server you can get less. Thanks to upstart. The only problem is that login screen gets polluted with starting services output.
> > And no - no OpenOffice on this one! ;-) > > Cheers, > -Alan > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > >
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