On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 07:26:54AM -0500, Howard Eisenberger wrote: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 06:51:50PM +0000, Steven C. Darnold wrote: > > > I have just produced a special installation routine for > > Slackware 8.1 that works with 4mb RAM. It gives you a > > functional installation that occupies just 26mb of HD > > space. You can then install any Slackware 8.1 package > > using pkgtool (Slackware's menu-driven package manager). > > > > I have just uploaded it to: > > --------------------------------------------- > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi/slack81.zip > > --------------------------------------------- > > The size is 1.1mb. You will also need to download 10mb > > of packages from Slackware 8.1 (the package names are > > listed in slack81.zip). > > Bravo! I have just installed this from a FreeDOS partition on a > 485sx25 with 8 meg ram. I had been running BL 1.7 (Slack 3.5) on > a 386dx25 with 5 meg ram, but blew the power supply a few days > ago. > > I am also running a hybrid of BL 1.7 with the Smalllinux version > 2.0 kernel (1.0.9) on a 386sx16 laptop with less than 2 meg ram > (640k + 1024k). >
I am also using this kernel. This is the smallest 2.0.x kernel I have seen around. In case you need more modules, you can download it from: ftp://ftp.eunet.be/pub/linux/slackware/|ftp://ftp.eunet.be/pub/linux/slackware/ ftp://ftp.kpn.be/pub/linux/slackware/|ftp://ftp.kpn.be/pub/linux/slackware/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
