Leigh Honeywell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Aslo, I'm not sure if the 40mb HD in the 170 is going to cut it. I need > a minimal system folder (2mb) and room for ClarisWorks and a few megs of > docs, so say a 5 or 10mb MacOS partition. 4mb of Swap space leaves me > with a 25mb linux/netbsd/whatever partition. All I want on it, as > stated before, is gcc and an editor. Is this going to cut it in any > way, and how the heck do I get started?
I bet MacMinix (*) would work. I haven't used it. It's very small-- with source code, 8 floppies-- and you don't even need a hard drive! I think it runs in a MacOS window, so the video should be handled automatically. You'll probably want to use vi instead of Emacs, and I'm not sure if the C compiler is gcc but I think gcc is available. I might try it out myself on a Duo 250, if I get the time... > Barring the possibility of what I described above, what are the > prospects for a bigger HD in the 170? to I jsut go find a big SCSI > drive of the same (physical) size and pop it in? I'm feeling more and > more lost by the minute here, so any help would be appreciated. Yes, but big SCSI laptop drives are pretty scarce. (*) What I think I remember about Minix-- it was developed when AT&T stopped letting colleges use the actual Unix source code for classes. It was originally designed for early PCs (8088s and up!) and designed so that students could recompile their systems with two floppies and no hard drives. The complete source code is in the developer's book, which I think was called _Introduction to Operating Systems_. BTW, the developer's name is Andrew Tannenbaum (if I've spelled it correctly). -- Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
