[aprssig] Small LINUX build

[Andrew Rich]

How do you install puppy linux to a HDD ?

Alot of these seem to give you a ISO for the CDROM but not really say what to do to make it stick to a HDD ?


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wes Johnston, AI4PX 
  To: TAPR APRS Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 6:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [aprssig] Small LINUX build


  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


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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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