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

[Steve Grasso]

Daniel,

Personally, I'd go for Debian or a minimal RH 6.2 install, but you could also 
look at something like Linux From Scratch or  Build Your Own Linux:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
http://www.byolinux.org/

Regards,
Steve

On Thursday 01 November 2001 16:11, Daniel wrote:
> 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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