[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have an OLD dell with a 79 MB hard drive. I am trying to install Red Hat Linux
>6.1 on it but the hard drive is about 50 megs too small even if I don't install any
>of the packages that it asks me if I want. Does anyone know of a smaller linux
>distribution? Also, the dell doesn't have a cdrom so I have to connect it to my
>other computer to install it. But I don't want to set it up for the hardware on my
>good computer because when I put it back in the dell I'll have problems. Any
>suggestions?
Make sure you do a custom install. Make two partitions, one for your swap -- double
your RAM, or in this case, make it equivalent to your ram. The second partition will
be the / partition to maximize space. When you say that you are connecting it to the
other computer for the install, what kind of connection is it? If you mean that you
are connecting the computer via a network, you could do an http or ftp install by
making the bootnet.img and installing it over the network. If it is just the
hdd that you are putting in the second machine, you should be fine if you select the
generic options for hardware, and I recommend making a bootdisk in case you have any
problems wth LILO.
80 M for Linux is cutting it quite thin, but I think I have seen distributions
specifically for the purpose of smaller hdd. Good luck
brain
