Lonnie. If you are looking to get that small embedded Linux will carry you further than any of the desktop dirsto's. At that size you are not going to be dealing with the same needs as you would with a full desktop. The /bin directory alone is larger than what you need. (6.8 megs) Peanut Linux Pee Wee Linux and MicroWindows or Tiny X will start to get you down to the small footprint you need. Busybox isn't a distro but it does allow you to have /bin /sbin and all of your base utilities in under 600k The other thing to look at is do you really need the 2.4 kernel? 2.0 kernel is still around and it's current. And very well may provide you with all the features you need, at about half the size or less. But if you do need the 2.4 kernel in the early days of Embedded Linux Magazine Bruce Perens did a 3 part series on building a floppy based Linux using BusyBox and 2.4. You can access the archives via www.linuxjournal.com. Take that add Tiny Login (he covers that) and one of the small windowing systems I mentioned and you could easily be under the 10 meg limit you need.
James On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 14:39, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > 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 > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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