Back in my Debian days, that's what I normally used to do - If I remember well, I managed to get as low as 25 MB.
These days I don't really have time with tweaking linuces so I'm just sticking with fedora for my day to day linux programming. Jamez. http://root-box.info -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Viloria Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:57 PM To: Malta Linux User Group - general list Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Low footprint Linux installation Hey, How about installing a barebones debian? When you reach the package installation, just don't install anything :) So you're left with kernel+ basic console tools. Am doing a test install right now just to see how small I can get it. Will let you know. regards jason --- Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mandrake can do a "really minimal" installation of about 64MB > excluding any x > server. Just deselect all packages during install and it will prompt > you. > > > On Tuesday 12 October 2004 13:21, Angelo Dalli wrote: > > Text only will be fine. All the Linux boxes will need to do is to > connect > > to a Gigabit Ethernet network and run some common services such as > ssh, ftp > > and Apache. It needs to have zlib support, and support for NTFS and > SAMBA. > > > > It would also be good to have a c compiler (like gcc, etc.) but > additional > > applications can be compiled on some other development machine and > only > > binaries installed. > > > > No X server is really required - it would be nice to have one but > not > > really needed. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Angelo Dalli > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > From: Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Malta Linux User Group - general list > <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:05:36 +0200 > > > > >On Tuesday 12 October 2004 12:27, Angelo Dalli wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> I am looking into installing a very tiny Linux setup on a couple > of PCs > > >> -- ideally not taking up more than 100Mb of space per > installation. > > > > > >What software were you planning to use on these PCs? A graphic > > > environment? Text only? Servers? > > > > > >> I have looked at FeatherLinux and Knoppix - any other > suggestions, tips, > > >> hints? > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> > > >> Angelo Dalli > > >> > > >> p.s. I also looked at LNX-BBC but it does not seem to install on > a hard > > >> drive. > > >> > > >> > > >> ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ > > >> Sent via the WebMail system at maltalinks.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> --- > > >> [This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.] > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> MLUG-list mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > >-- > > >Ramon Casha > > >Malta Linux User Group (http://linux.org.mt) > > >_______________________________________________ > > >MLUG-list mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > >--- > > >[This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.] > > > > ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ > > Sent via the WebMail system at maltalinks.com > > > > > > > > > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > -- > Ramon Casha > Malta Linux User Group (http://linux.org.mt) > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > ===== _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list =========================================================== EUROWEB - IMPORTANT INFORMATION =========================================================== Dear Customer, We would like inform you that for technical reasons, it is highly recommended that you change your smtp server (outgoing mail server) settings in your email client program (such as Outlook Express) FROM mail.euroweb.net.mt TO smtp.euroweb.net.mt. More information can be found at http://www.euroweb.net.mt. Customer Support EuroWeb Ltd. ----------------------------------------------------------- --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.772 / Virus Database: 519 - Release Date: 10/1/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.772 / Virus Database: 519 - Release Date: 10/1/2004
