[aclug-L] Re: Project suggestion

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

2.1  New copy.
.  By the by; I have the following cd's burned 2 copies of debian 2.1, red hat 
6.1,
mandrake 6.1.  I'd have more, but I ran out of cd's (blank)  I should have then
available for the nest saturday deal.

Mike


John Goerzen wrote:

> Which distro are you using?
>
> Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   
> > > jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> > > Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       
> > > www.debian.org |
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> > > The 740,071st digit of pi is 1.
> >
> >
>
> --
> John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> The 584,857th digit of pi is 8.