[aclug-L] Re: Project suggestion

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Every time I try to use debian or ya&t I wants to install all the
dependencies.  The only thing I've had luck with is red-hat & slackwear.
(slackwear went onto a 40 meg hard drive w/out xwin )  I am probably doing
something wrong, but I do not know what.

Mike

Jonathan Hall wrote:

> Hmmm... Then I must have done something wrong, b/c I have X installed and
> fully functional in under 120mb
>
> /dev/hdb1             297397  119677   162360     42%   /
>
> A single partition for the entire Linux OS, including X Windows on a 340mb
> HD.  Less than 120mb is actually used as you can see above.
>
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 02:33:32PM -0600, Michael Holmes wrote:
> > What about starting a project on install scripts for LINUX
> >
> > I know they are already out there, but if you have low hard drive space,
> > like most non-rich people do (older computers ) To solve dependencies,
> > you must first install stuff with the development packages, then once
> > installed, remove the development packages, and then install the rest of
> > the stuff.  This is the only way to make linux with x-windows to fit
> > under 600M. X windows installs with just 24.3 meg, but, it's
> > dependencies cause you to load an additional 242 meg in development
> > software!
> >
> > I was also wondering, is there a listing of what each package is on the
> > disk, other than the actual install program.  Something you could just
> > pull up and sort through, or pull up on an editor?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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