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I wish to try out small foot print linux distributions. I have at my dispense a -
HP Vectra Pentium 100 24MB RAM 80MB IDE HDD / 250MB IDE HDD onboard S3 Trio64 Keyboard
I wish to turn this system into a blackbox system which can be accessed remotely either via terminal or via ppp link (Ethernet is currently optional, but its in plan for future). Currently I have installed Redhat 6 on this. ttyS0 is configured for serial terminals using mingetty. ttyS1 is configured for PPP access via null modem cable.
Currently I can access the machine fine via above setup. But I want to explore more into this kind of system so that maximum flexibility can be provided in it. The current installation without X setup takes 200MB which I cam sure can be stripped down to basics.
Any pointers??? I have downloaded ETLinux today but yet to try it.
Thanks and Regards, Kiran Ghag Software Engineer @ Patni Computers, India Web Page: http://kiran7.freeservers.com
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Hi all, Please ignore previous mail.
I wish to try out small foot print linux distributions. I have at my dispense a -
HP Vectra Pentium 100 24MB RAM 80MB IDE HDD / 250MB IDE HDD onboard S3 Trio64 Keyboard
hi kiran,
you should try Debian, i tried debian on a Compaq presario 486DX 16MB ram and 20MB harddisk. ( for remote debugging ).
I would like to know what sort of services you would be running on it, because unless you can get more memory ( ram hdd ) the utility of such System could be limited, because this is what will limit the performance of the system, then.
rahul
» rahul.saxena@softhome.net » Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:34 PM ---8<------8<------8<------8<--- » I would like to know what sort of services you would be running on it, » because unless you can get more memory ( ram hdd ) the utility of such » System could be limited, because this is what will limit the » performance of » the system, then. ---8<------8<------8<------8<---
Hi, Thanks fo reply,
Yes, the system would be limited if used as it is. This idea sparked off in mind because I have a couple of mobos and incomplete systems lying around. Also you might be aware of latest plug-n-play network servers come with no display/keyboard/mouse. Same applies for routers and other network managed devices. They offer console, telnet and/or web based interface. and all this is setup in a system that doesnt require more than few MBs.
so I would like to first make a barebone system that takes only few mbs and also offer complete connectivity. once i am through with this, i would like to add more hardware and scale the system according to different choices...
and as i was writing this, i remembered the linux router project. it provides a simple floppy based router. i'll try to download that and see how its done (hope it does not rely entirely on fdds, i dont have it!)
any other solutions/ideas?
Thanks and Regards, Kiran Ghag Software Engineer @ Patni Computers, India Web Page: http://kiran7.freeservers.com
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If for every rule there is an exception, then we have established that there is an exception to every rule. If we accept "For every rule there is an exception" as a rule, then we must concede that there may not be an exception after all, since the rule states that there is always the possibility of exception, and if we follow it to its logical end we must agree that there can be an exception to the rule that for every rule there is an exception. -- Bill Boquist
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