Re: [aclug-L] stripped down Linux

["Greg House" <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have some older Slackware CDs that I'd give you, but I'm going to be in
and out all weekend.  Give a call @ 652-0811 to see if I'm going to be
around.  There are several micro distributions out there that fit completely
on 1-3 diskettes.  As someone else mentioned, the one by the Linux Router
Project is one of those.  It's pretty highly specialized, though and may not
be what you need.  I'd probably go with a std Slackware, which'll easily
install in 40MB as long as you leave off the development stuff & X.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx' <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, July 03, 1999 11:36 AM
Subject: RE: [aclug-L] stripped down Linux


>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
>>
>>
>
>--
>John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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