Heimo Claasen wrote: > > Nosing around at some of the URLs for instance showed up > one IDE adapter with a 8(!) MB card holding a scaled-down > Linux (tapr.org) - that one would hardly hold the linux card > service too
Why not? 8mb is plenty of room for Linux, even with the pcmcia package. > but a larger one (in the 128 or 256 MB range) probably could; 128mb is overkill. As I understand it, you will be using the pcmcia slot for the big applications, so the CF for the root Linux system doesn't have to be very big. > and with DOS, 8 MB wouldn't be of a problem anyway. It's not a problem for Linux either. One of the BasicLinux options runs a 1.4mb filesystem (uncompressed). It runs on a floppy. No HD. No ramdisk. The standard BasicLinux has a 3.3mb filesystem. It runs on a 4mb ramdisk. The bas2hd version of BasicLinux has a 5mb filesystem. It runs on a HD partition. 8mb is plenty of room for Linux. Cheers, Steven ______________________________ http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
