[aklug] Re: DSL too large

Quoting Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us>:

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> Hey, I have this side project going where I am installing Linux on a
> virtual machine with 32 MB of RAM and 80 MB drive space. (Probably LFS,
> I'm thinking. Never tried this sort of thing before, to be honest.)
> Anyway, I guess I need a live OS to boot into so I can install the
> permanent OS. I can boot up with DSL using "lowram" and "dsl 2" boot
> options, but it takes 90% of the available RAM to mount the ramdisk.
>
> I was wondering if there was another Linux ISO I could boot into that is
> more lightweight. I see lots of these ancient floppy Linuxs, but I am
> afraid that the software is old, and I don't know how to create and boot
> into floppy images.
>
> The alternative, I guess, would be to learn how to compile and assemble
> the system, and then turn it into an image that could be booted into. I
> don't know how to go about doing that, to be honest. :]
>
> Aside: I'm not trying to create a desktop Linux in my VM. If I end up
> with a shell, a C compiler, and the ability to send packets through a
> network interface, I'll feel like I accomplished something.
>

Have you looked at:

ttylinux: http://www.minimalinux.org/ttylinux/

or

BusyBox: http://www.busybox.net/about.html

Jon

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Received on Sat Sep 4 10:35:05 2010