I may be able to help. Check out the small distro (Slackware-based) that I
put together for a project (CD^3 -- http://www.kinetic.org/cd3.html). The
entire distro is stored in Flash on an embedded system. It fits in less
than 4MB (8MB including X11R6 SVGA). The entire system uses less than 2MB
of RAM while running (not including X). You could probably trim it down
some more by eliminating some of the MP3 and audio utilities that I have
in there (I needed them for the CD^3 project). The distro is available at
my FTP site at ftp.kinetic.org and there is a direct link to it from
http://www.kinetic.org/cd3-status.html or
http://www.kinetic.org/cd3-software.html
Hope this helps. :)
~Jay
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, John C Cusick wrote:
} 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
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}
} Thank You All,
} JC
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