[techtalk] Small Linux distributions?

Kath ranger at optonline.net
Sun Apr 29 11:26:49 EST 2001


Well, a stripped down Debian install is something like 30-50 megs.

There is Neptune Linux, which is two diskettes.

- Kath

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neale Green" <neale at neale.org>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: [techtalk] Small Linux distributions?


> Could anyone advise me of, and/or point me in the direction of (URL) some
> preferred Linux distributions for operations on systems with limited
> resources, please?
>
> I'm currently working with a slightly modified old 486 DX2/50 laptop with
24
> MB memory, 200 MB disk, and no CD-ROM, trying to get a mobile Linux box
for
> a project. The lack of Laptop means that I need to either do a Floppy
> install ( difficult with the size of today's distributions ), or download
> one of the smaller distributions onto the disk (I have a boot disk which
> will let me get a MS Network connection via a PCMCIA Ethernet card).
>
> I'm running RedHat on my other Linux boxes, but I can't find any way to
> download what I need to the laptop to install RedHat ( can't point to a
> network drive for the install process, RedHat wants a local dev address ).
>
> Anyway, I'm hoping that there are distributions out there that others have
> found which will run in the smaller, slower boxes a bit better (preferably
> with a DOS executable kickoff), could anyone suggest any please?
>
> Any suggestions and/or assistance would be gratefully accepted.
>
> Thanking you in anticipation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Neale
>
>
>
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