Re: micro debian

2006-11-01 Thread Mike McCarty
Douglas Tutty wrote: On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 11:16:39PM +0800, Tim Post wrote: I've been working on some very task specific Xen images based on Sarge, and been playing with Oracle's 'Rasta' system to help make network pxe pushes a little easier to tailor from a single root. Unfortunately wh

Re: micro debian

2006-10-28 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 11:16:39PM +0800, Tim Post wrote: > > I've been working on some very task specific Xen images based on Sarge, > and been playing with Oracle's 'Rasta' system to help make network pxe > pushes a little easier to tailor from a single root. > > Unfortunately what I have mak

Re: micro debian

2006-10-28 Thread s. keeling
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For ancillary computer uses (e.g. a firewall), having an install option > > that focuses on a small footprint would be usefull, eg. no man pages, > > AFAIK small regular debian packages include the man pages an

Re: micro debian

2006-10-28 Thread Tim Post
> GRML is great, but the point is that the link you provide is a plain > sarge debootstrap install, which is not what Douglas is looking for > because: > 1) A debootstrap installation is meant to be on a single partition; > 2) It would take about 110 MB (tested!). > > Unfortunately, with Sarge, t

Re: micro debian

2006-10-28 Thread Ottavio Caruso
scelejar wrote: > On 10/26/06, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > > >Does anyone know of a project to make a micro-distribution of debian for > > >use on older hardware? [cut] > Look at grml [0]. It is apparently more "pure Debian" than other live > cds (there's

Re: micro debian

2006-10-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For ancillary computer uses (e.g. a firewall), having an install option > that focuses on a small footprint would be usefull, eg. no man pages, > no documentation, etc since that's all on the main computer. This > suggests a modified package installation

Re: micro debian

2006-10-27 Thread celejar
On 10/26/06, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Douglas Tutty wrote: >Does anyone know of a project to make a micro-distribution of debian for >use on older hardware? Eg 486, 32 MB, 100 MB. One problem with >installing with Woody and upgrading is that the list of packages in Main >is so hug

Re: micro debian

2006-10-26 Thread Bruno Buys
Douglas Tutty wrote: >Does anyone know of a project to make a micro-distribution of debian for >use on older hardware? Eg 486, 32 MB, 100 MB. One problem with >installing with Woody and upgrading is that the list of packages in Main >is so huge it takes up a good chunk of disk space (and memory

Re: micro debian

2006-10-26 Thread Mike McCarty
Douglas Tutty wrote: Does anyone know of a project to make a micro-distribution of debian for use on older hardware? Eg 486, 32 MB, 100 MB. One problem with There is a LiveCD named DSL (D*mn Small Linux) which I occasionally run on a machine with an AMD586 16MB RAM and essentially no hard dis

micro debian

2006-10-26 Thread Douglas Tutty
Does anyone know of a project to make a micro-distribution of debian for use on older hardware? Eg 486, 32 MB, 100 MB. One problem with installing with Woody and upgrading is that the list of packages in Main is so huge it takes up a good chunk of disk space (and memory space when using aptitude)