Re: Small Linux

Re: Small Linux

[terry white]

... ciao:

on "11-18-2003" "Justin W. Pauler" writ:

: an embedded Pentium II 233 with 32MB RAM, built in LAN and video,
: doesn't have a floppy, cd-rom or hard-drive

: suggestions for installing a base linux on this 16mb card

   the first thing i'd do, is get rid of everything you do not need, in
order to determine what you have available.  here, i use a 2.2.25 kernel
which handles IPCHAINS and blah, blah.  i suspect the 2.4.x kernels might
be a little bloated given the hardware, and needs, you mention ...


-- 
... i'm a man, but i can change,
    if i have to , i guess ...

RE: Small Linux

[Alok K. Dhir]

Look at 

	http://mulinux.sunsite.dk/tiny.html

For some distros made for small systems.

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> 
> ... ciao:
> 
> on "11-18-2003" "Justin W. Pauler" writ:
> 
> : an embedded Pentium II 233 with 32MB RAM, built in LAN and video,
> : doesn't have a floppy, cd-rom or hard-drive
> 
> : suggestions for installing a base linux on this 16mb card
> 
>    the first thing i'd do, is get rid of everything you do 
> not need, in
> order to determine what you have available.  here, i use a 
> 2.2.25 kernel
> which handles IPCHAINS and blah, blah.  i suspect the 2.4.x 
> kernels might
> be a little bloated given the hardware, and needs, you mention ...
> 
> 
> -- 
> ... i'm a man, but i can change,
>     if i have to , i guess ...
> 
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Re: Small Linux

[greg]

On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 16:25, Justin W. Pauler wrote:
> I've recently come across some older hardware that I would like to turn into
> a base router/firewall for my project. The computer is an embedded Pentium
> II 233 with 32MB RAM, built in LAN and video, the unit is really in great
> shape! While normally this configuration wouldn't be a problem, this unit
> doesn't have a floppy, cd-rom or hard-drive...

that's more of a challenge indeed.
here's a long list of resources:
http://lwn.net/Distributions/