-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I know you said you want a plain Debian, but what about DSL ? >> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ > > My understanding is that DSL offers some things I don't need (like > a desktop; I'm mostly interestd in this system as a kind of rescue drive) > and fails to provide me with the ability to just update it with apt-get (I > don't intend to *ever* reinstall this USB system, instead I'll just keep > updating against testing, as I've done on all my other systems). > > DSL looks pretty neat, but seemed too much based on a "LiveCD" mindset, so > I didn't investigate much further. Maybe it actually offers just what > I wanted. > DSL is desktop based, but it is _very_ small. I installed it to a celeron 600 w/ 64 MB ram and a 2.0 gig hard drive. It worked just fine. I am pretty sure you can get it working from a flash drive, providing of course that your BIOS lets you boot from it. Once it's installed it is a Debian system, and you can apt-get remove any of the software you don't want or need, including X.
Keep in mind that the standard DSL comes with a 2.4 kernel. If you want a 2.6 kernel, you need the DSL-N. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF9CCjiXBCVWpc5J4RAq/lAJ0d+/IG3HuMM80b2Z1j/O2WElx/swCglsng 48xguxnL9iArtJm8JkiWVrs= =hwbY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
