[aprssig] Small LINUX build

[Greg D.]

Hi Rich,

Well, I sort of cheated a bit by starting with version 8.2, which seemed to run better on the odd-ball PC that I was using to experiment with.  It's a good bit smaller than the more recent ones.  If I recall, I also had a hard time installing directly to the CF module (in an IDE adapter), so I created a 512mb partition on a hard disk, installed it to there, then did a 'dd' from the disk to the CF.

But, basically, I ran the normal installer, started with the "minimum system, non graphical" (or words to that effect), and then added a few things I needed (networking stuff), and took out stuff I didn't.  As I said, there's still a lot of stuff in there that I have no need for, and more that I have no idea what it even does.  There's an old saying that might apply to this...  "The way to make a TV set cheaper is to keep clipping out parts until it stops working, then put the last one back in".  :-)

Greg  KO6TH


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> From: vk4tec at people.net.au
> To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:46:57 +1000
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Small LINUX build
> 
> How did you get SUSE down to size ?
> 
> I run the full blown one.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg D." 
> To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" 
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 12:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [aprssig] Small LINUX build
> 
> 
> 
> Agreed, Scott.  I have installed a fairly complete version of SuSE Linux on 
> a 512mb flash, with space left over, for use in an imbedded controller 
> project at work.  Doing a regular install and leaving out the big things 
> (X-windows, KDE/Gnome, and all the X-based stuff mainly) was easier than 
> hunting down a small footprint Distro, since I've been using SuSE for many 
> years.  There's still a lot of stuff I don't need (CUPS, and a bunch of 
> other things), but it fit, so I stopped there.
> 
> I've seen Linux run completely from a floppy disk (but it didn't do much), 
> and there are several distros that fit easily and run completely from a CD 
> ROM, one in particular fits on the small "credit card" size 50mb disk.  I 
> find they are particularly useful for recovering crashed Windows PCs...
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Greg  KO6TH
> 
> 
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>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:31:52 -0700
>> From: scott at opentrac.org
>> To: aprssig at lists.tapr.org
>> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Small LINUX build
>>
>> Does 1GB even count as small?  I think I used a 32 MB flash card last
>> time I loaded up a Soekris box (I forget the distro).  Didn't have any
>> room for a development environment, but no shortage of space for services.
>>
>> Most of my Linux boxes used to have drives in the 200 MB range.  Just
>> install Debian (or your own favorite distro) and take out the packages
>> you don't need.  X is a big one to leave out if you don't need graphics.
>>
>> Scott
>> N1VG
>>
>> Andrew Rich wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have a HP thin client that has a 1GB flash drive and would like to run
>>> LINUX on it.
>>>
>>> Anyone out there in ham radio land had expeience with small LINUX builds 
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Puppy LINUX looks like a contender ?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Andrew Vk4TEC
>>>
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