On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 23:45, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > James, > > I will try to look into these distros although I did not know that 9.0 was able > to get down to 64Meg. That might even work for my purposes. > > What is required to get it that small and where can I find out what exactly is > installed when Mandrake is set to this lower limit?
It's been a while but this is how it worked. (I'm pretty sure) if you do an expert install then claim you only have disk 1 then don't chose any "package" groups You'll get a window that has various levels of "basic" MDK. It's pretty self explanatory from there. James > > Thanks, > Lonnie > > --- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lonnie > > > > Couple of things here. With 9.0 the minimum install is 64megs. But > > there are a lot of Micro distro's out there that might do you a better > > turn. (Blue Cat Linux, Devil Linux, Peanut Linux, PeeWee Linux and > > more) > > > > A good place to start is. > > http://linuxdevices.com/ > > > > and hit the page there called Products. > > > > http://linuxdevices.com/products/index.html > > > > It's more than just Linux it even includes things like micro browsers > > etc. > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 22:05, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am working to put together a project and want to base it on the lattest > > > Mandrake Linux so that as newer versions of your product come out the we > > can > > > upgrade the components easily. This will also help to promote Mandrake as > > the > > > base operating system. > > > > > > What I need to do is to have the smallest version of Mandrake that I can > > put > > > together. > > > > > > The basic features of mandrake that I need are: > > > > > > 1. Latest kernel > > > 2. Latest Xfree86 > > > 3. network/ppp support > > > 4. base ext3 filesystem > > > 5. NFS > > > 6. XDMCP/XDM > > > 7. simple csh shell. > > > 8. rpm facilities > > > > > > The idea is that I need the absolute smallest possible distrabution of > > > Mandrake that can cover these requirements. It would be optimum if we could > > > keep the entire thing under 40MB for less if it is possible. I have > > recently > > > heard about a 2-DiskXwin that fits on 2 floppies but am not sure if that > > would > > > be a good starting point or not. > > > > > > I will be adding a few of my own applications and want to incorporate the > > > DrakeX and HardDrake for the installation method. The user will then also > > be > > > allowed to add more of their own Mandrake application selections as needed. > > > > > > Can you please help me to locate such a variation on Mandrake or how it > > might > > > be done easily. > > > > > > Sincerely > > > Lonnie > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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