[plug] bare bones linux for Pentium 100 with 32mb ram

[wayne]

Hello, Daniel et al!
"Second" to the motion.
Regards,
wayne.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel" <cottmain at yahoo.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:11 PM
Subject: [plug] bare bones linux for Pentium 100 with 32mb ram


> Hi Plug, I have installed Mandrake and Redhat a number of times (but I'm
> not very familiar with Debian)
>
> When I select the minimum files from their installation programs they seem
> to give me a lot of unnecessary junk.
> Is there somewhere I can find out a better way of installing the bare
> minimum files to build a system?
> Is the Debian solution practical and lean? How does it compare?
>
> I want to start with those necessary to make a single user bootable
command
> prompt system, with a package update tool
> then move to
>   X11 and a light weight window manager
> and then
> add a wordprocessor, and later if it is not way too slow, a modem
> connection and a browser.
>
> I have 2 x 400mb hdd, 1 x 200mb hdd and I'm reading up on LVM - I am happy
> to rebuild a 'lean' kernel although I've only just started experimenting
> with this.
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel.
>
>
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