Re: [aclug-L] stripped down Linux

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I'm running Linux on a 80MB HD for my router, with about 30 MB
to spare.  This is with a fairly bare installation, obviously.  You
can do this with Linux, although you'll have to do your compiling on a 
different box because gcc won't fit in 40MB along with the rest of the 
system.  For this, you'll need SlackWare or Debian.

-- John

Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I need a CPU to monitor and save it to disk.  I am wondering if any thing 
> of Linux would fit on a 40 meg HD?  The system I am thinking of consists of 
> a ms dos 5.0 with a vc++ program to read clicks off of a wired mouse (crude 
> but it is all I need)  I have a reed switch wired across the left and 
> another across the right mouse button, and I just need to record the times 
> the switches are activated.  The system with either be a pc386 or a 
> pc486-25--el-cheapo.  But, I will only put a 40 meg unit in it.  Can Linux 
> or a relative of it do the job.???
> 
> mike
> 
> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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