John,
I'd say run redhat 5.0/1/2 and drop all but the essential packages. If
there is any way to add some more RAM to the box though I would recommend it
highly. The least I've run linux in is 6MB and it was a bit painful....
N5VFF, Brian
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From: John C Cusick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 01:04
Subject: Dreaming the Impossible Dream ??
>Gentlemen and Ladies,
>
> Has anyone tried or know of anyone
>who has tried to squeeze a basic linux system onto
>a '386 w/2 megs of ram and a 65 meg hd ?? (grin:-)
>
>This will act as a portable terminal only for amateur radio.
>Obviously X is not an option.
>
>I'm gonna give it a shot, but I was curious if anyone has ever
>tried it and found out whether it was a waste of time or not.
>
>As a terminal, minimal programs and services will be necesary;
>I figure the kernel, mail, telnet, ftp, ax25utils, net-tools and basic
>libs. (if nothing else it will be a learning experience I guess)
>
>Any suggestions, caveats, et al will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Please e-mail direct as this address is not directly subscribed
>to a couple of these lists.
>
>Thank You All,
>JC
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