Re: [seul-edu] Re: LINUX onto old,small computers

[Chris Hornbaker <chrishornbaker@earthlink.net>]

Mandrake 8.2 installs on 65Mb add Xfree86 and what ever WM you want and it'll 
be soemthing like 100+ - 200Mb, i think. Though, it's only in it's second 
beta cycle.

Chris

On Wednesday 13 February 2002 04:08 pm, you wrote:
> Martin@seul.org, Qvistgård@seul.org wrote:
> > To save space and resources, why not build your own lean, mean
> > linux? If you
> > put some work into doing this you will end up with a better machine
> > than with
> > any distro. All the instructions you need are at
> > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org Some knowledge about compliling
> > kernels are a
> > big plus, though.
> >
> > Build on one machine and use dd or similar to copy to the other
> > machines.
>
> Great idea.  Now if I only had the time.   I have a rapidly approaching
> deadline and so really can't explore that route.   Does anyone know of
> such a lean, mean LINUX having been built on a small machine that
> is available for use elsewhere?  I'd certainly be interested for the
> next generation/district of ancients->students.
> I'll certainly look at linuxfromscratch anyway.
>
> 	Ralph  deal@kzoo.edu