On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 11:27:54AM -0600, Austad, Jay wrote: >Bah, he can fit it somehow. I used to have slackware with compilers and X >installed on a 210MB drive on my old 486. I had it that way for over a year >and it was my primary machine in college. I needed a zip drive though to >keep some of my larger files on since after it was all done I only had about >40MB left over. I'm assuming this was pre-glibc2.x and X4. > >Jay > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: fjorn [mailto:fjorn at mninter.net] >> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 11:32 AM >> To: tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] next installfest--<200mb laptop >> >> >> Ben Lutgens wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 11:13:17AM -0600, fjorn wrote: >> > > >> > >While I was digging through linuxdocs.org, ran across this for you: >> > > >> > O.k. all you smart guys, I am aware that it can be done, >> but common sense will >> > tell you that if you want to be comfortable you need at >> least a Gig. just try >> > to install under 200 MB and see how fast you use it up. >> > >> > If all you want is a text console the bare essentials will >> fit under there, >> > but keep in mind that the kernel source is up to 20MB and >> glibc is like double >> > that. no add in vim (or god forbid emacs), some docs, and >> system utils and >> > you are done dealing. >> > >> >> Whoa! Settle down. I wasn't saying that it would be a very >> good box, nor that >> you would have all the features that you want. But given the >> limited space of his >> drive, he's very limited in what he can put on it. I didn't >> read the How-to, just >> saw it. If he's interested in getting it running, he'll read it. >> >> He didn't say really what he's after for a box, except that >> he's having problems >> with X. Who knows, maybe all he wants is something that will >> give him text email >> for the road. >> >> I posted that URL for his benefit, just to say that it can be >> done with the >> documentation to help him out. >> >> Shawn >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tclug-list mailing list >> tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >_______________________________________________ >tclug-list mailing list >tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Ben Lutgens cell: 612.670.4789 http://www.sistina.com/ Sistina Software Inc. work: 612.379.3951 Code Monkey Support (A.K.A. System Administrator) Key fingerprint = A69A 118D 710B 8EB0 DC3B D912 2F19 311A 02DD 1908 Make the force be with you. And for god's sake men, be careful. ** Lt.Col. Eaton 3rd Battalion 14th Infantry - Panama Jungle 1991 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20001211/8a5be6e3/attachment.pgp