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

[Shane Short]

or just use debian? :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Scott [mailto:Simon.Scott at flexiplan.com]
Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2001 4:16 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] bare bones linux for Pentium 100 with 32mb ram


	Do what I do, install RedHat with everything deselected, login as
root, type rpm -qa |less, alt-F2 and login again, and just start 'rpm -e'ing
everything in sight.

	Redhat installs a lot of junk by default, including SENDMAIL.
Assholes.

	You should be able to get it down to 30-40 packages before the
system starts to become unusable :)



	From:	Daniel <cottmain at yahoo.com.au> on 01/11/2001 04:06 PM
	Please respond to plug at plug.linux.org.au@SMTP at Exchange
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	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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