Chris, I have EMC2 running under Kubuntu and in just under 2 GB, although I used a 4GB flash IDE drive. Very easy install actually. All I did was to temporarily install an IDE CD-ROM drive, do a standard CD install of Kubuntu, then install EMC2 from the network connection (Internet). The only differences from the standard EMC2 install is to do a manual chmod on the install script, and then run it manually from a terminal session.
Without uninstalling anything it comes in a little under 2GB. Regards, Eric This is an informative thread only, but I got an installation of emc2 on a 2GB compact flash drive which plugs into my IDE on my motherboard. I have an all solid state emc2 controller with wireless network and card reader. Pretty slick. I plan on getting a small touch screen and keyboard to mount on the machine too so its all self countained. To get emc2 ubuntu live cd to install on the flash took some work. The min installation is just under 3GB. I first installed on a 10GB HD, then uninstalled openoffice and other unneeded apps. Then shrunk the partition, direct copied (dd) the partition to the CF card. The CF card already had a partitioned swap and identical sized linux part that I created. Reinstalled GRUB to the MBR on the CF and it worked! Chances are, you could probably do the same thing on a 2GB USB Flash Drive if your motherboard supports USB Flash Boot (most modern ones do). You would definitely need 2GB tho, my linux part is 93% used right now! Not much space left. (There are probably lots more useless stuff that I can remove but interdepedancy with gnome makes it tough, such as the sounds.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
