On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 13:42:13 -0500, Pepper Orlando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for the suggestions, I will give it a try again this evening. > > I may still need some help fighting the dependancy issues. When I tired to > remove some of the base packages (exim, etc) I ran into the same sort of > problems that Michael did when trying to remove gcc-3.3-base. >
masqmail can be used to substitute exim > My goal is to get just enough installed to run Mozilla (without AA fonts, > actually, not enough horsepower for that) and blackbox. I'm hoping that I > can get it to fit into 128 MB. 64 would be a fun challenge, though. > > Later on I will try to battle a minimal perl install so I can run some of my > favorite scripts and Perl/Tk apps. I have a felling it will be probably a > still bigger challenge! :) > I've not followed the discussion, anyway i can give a couple of tips. IMHO you should look at the embedded distros, they battle everyday with the code bloat =) and perhaps you probably can use the cloop (compressed device) like it's done with the live CD distros. Andrea P.S. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org it's a live Debian based CD and has a lot of packages stuffed in 50 Mb... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
