Now for the warning: Damn Small is not derived purely from Debian, if you 'apt-get install' the wrong application you may break something, for instance, the X servers.
If you want an easy and compact way to get Debian on your hard drive check out Bonzai http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bonzai/ >From: "rodrigo ahumada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Discusion de Linux en Castellano <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Debian minimo !!! Re: Mini-Distro >personalizada(buscorecomendaciones) >Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:33:18 -0300 > >http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ >What is Damn Small Linux? >Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux >distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional >and easy to use desktop. > >How to install: >1. Create a app. 250-300MB Linux partition with cfdisk or fdisk (e.g. >/dev/hda1, /dev/sda2) >2. Boot into DSL by using you CD and enter the terminal. >3. Execute "dsl-hdinstall" by typing "sudo -u root dsl-hdinstall" (without >the quotes) >and enter the just created partition (e.g. /dev/hda1, /dev/sda2) >This will make a ext2 file system and copies the CD contents to it. >A couple of specific changes are made after that (see end of script) >4. Execute "mkliloboot" by typing "sudo -u root mkliloboot" (without the >quotes) >Enter the partition that your install is on. This will create an "initrd" >with the needed modules and will setup "LILO". > >Setup is now done. ;) > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/
