[lug] lightweight linux distributions

[Jarosko, Bill]

You could also try peanut at http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/ .
They claim 148 Megs installed, with a 48MB download.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cool at eklektix.com [mailto:cool at eklektix.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:35 AM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] lightweight linux distributions
> 
> 
> You might want to take a look at Tiny Linux:
> 
>     http://tiny.seul.org/en/
> 
> I haven't used it personally, so I can't endorse it, but the
> goals of the project are to have a Linux that runs well on just
> the kind of hardware you are using.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Liz Coolbaugh (for the LWN team)
> cool at lwn.net
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 10:19:23AM -0600, Atkinson, Chip wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I've been trying to install KRUD on an old 486 with a 240M  disk.
> > Unfortunately I'm having a bit of trouble paring it down 
> enough to get it
> > installed.  I did get RH 5.0 on it once and am now trying 
> to upgrade.  My
> > idea was to select another smaller distribution, but upon 
> looking at those
> > available, there are so many that I don't know where to 
> begin.  Does anyone
> > have a preferred small linux distribution?
> > 
> > I want to use the machine to dial out over modem on one 
> side and forward
> > traffic to a lan.  I know about the linux router project.  
> Does anyone have
> > any opinions about this distribution?  Am I better off 
> spending the time
> > with KRUD and iterating through until I get it right, or is 
> it better to
> > spend the time up front to get a smaller distribution (e.g. 
> LRP) going?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > 
> > Chip 
> > 
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