[aclug-L] Re: Project suggestion

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What am I doing wrong, I am trying to set up a minimal x system (fit in a 100mb
hd)

Mike

John Goerzen wrote:

> This is not the case with Debian, I have made a Debian install use
> less than 40 MB on the first run.  You can load a minimal set right
> off the bat.
>
> -- John
>
> Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > 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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> John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
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