Thanks for the response Chuck. I guess that I'll just have to keep investigating the problem a little more.
Thanks again, Lonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Shirley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Minimalist Mandrake Distro Size? > On Sunday 25 August 2002 17:04, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > >What I need now is a small minimalist distribution of Mandrake that > >would have the latest supported kernel 2.4.x and latest Xfree 4.x > >windowing system. My project will be connecting to the internet as > >well via NFS and Samba along with not needing things like KDE nor > >GNOME and will be installing my own window manager. > > > >The trick to this is that although I will have either an ext2 or > >ext3 filesystem, I need the whole distribution to be initially > >small, something like under about 5 - 10 Meg if possible. I will > >be adding other packages as they are needed. > > > >I have come across a few other distributions on the Internet that > >claim to be able to offer a kernel and xwindows on only 2 floppy > >disks but would prefer to work with Mandrake if possible. > > > >does anyone have any ideas on how I can get this task accomplished > >easily with Mandrake? > > I don't think that a stock Mandrake is up to this small of an > installation. If you select expert mode during the install, > then select none of the package groups, you will be asked if > you are trying to install a barren system, and if you tell the > installer to use the minimal package set, it still comes out > right near 100 MB. (I think it was 101, or there about...) > This minimal installation footprint does not include any > XFree86 packages, and doesn't even include urpmi and friends! > If memory serves, none of the network servers (NFS, SMB, etc>) > are inclused in the minimal footprint, either, so they would > have to be added in during individual package selection (next). > The installation proceeds to the individual package selection, > where one can (de-)select additional packages, but I don't know > if trimming things down to 10 MB is feasible with Mandrake. > > Best regards! > -Chuck > -- > +-% He's a real UNIX Man $-+----------------------------------+ > \ Sitting in his UNIX LAN \ Charles A. Shirley \ > \ Making all his UNIX plans \ cashirley (at) comcast (dot) net \ > +------# For nobody @------+----------------------------------+ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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