[aprssig] Small LINUX build

[Wes Johnston, AI4PX]

puppy linux is prob what you want... .I think it's down to 32megs or
definitely 50megs.

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at people.net.au> wrote:

> Actually my requirements are quite simple.
>
> All I need is a JAVA enabled browser and printer support.
>
> I did get PCLINUXOS to work, but only had 95 MB free
>
> I put SLAX onto a memory sticka nd that worked out at about 250 MB.
>
> The box originally came with debian etch, but ran out of disk space very
> quickly , because the home dir was built with only 23 MB.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg at hotmail.com>
> To: "TAPR APRS Mailing List" <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
> 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
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > 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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