RE: [aclug-L] stripped down Linux

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This has to be online by Monday, but I will send off to cheapbytes and get 
the debian.  Will the one disk package work, or do I need to order more. 
 This one may have to be dos  :-< , but maybe I can make more Linux.  We 
have other PC based projects. An old PC and mouse was cheaper to do what we 
wanted this time.  I need to learn to use the Linux compiler.  I am not 
used to it, so when I have a pressing project, I run to ms.  After being 
screwed by microsoft.  I want to do my part in facilitating their demise! 
 If someone in a factory runs a Linux box all day, they may be inclined to 
use it at home!  I just wish it was more friendly for the average person.

mike

-----Original Message-----
From:   John Goerzen [SMTP:jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Saturday, July 03, 1999 8:42 AM
To:     aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        Re: [aclug-L] stripped down Linux

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 
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