Re: [K12OSN] Smallest linux distro....
Jay Kline (list@slushpupie.com)
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:24:54 -0500
On Monday 14 October 2002 04:57 pm, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:11:31PM +0100, Angel Gabriel wrote:
> > ... I would like some advise about the smallest linux distro that can be
> > installed on a PC. All I want the system to do, is boot up, and export
> > four maybe five NFS shares, and that is IT! I don't need any extra crap,
> > just the smallest distro possible. Any advice?
>
> If you want an extensible distro that has a small base footprint, Debian
> might be a good choice. The fact that so little is installed by default
> has been a source of frustration to many, but it also means you can cram
> the OS into less than 200MB if you have a good shoehorn. :) Just 'apt-get
> install nfs-kernel-server' after you've done the initial install, and
> you're set...
If you are tight on memory as well, you might try the nfs-user-server. I hear
it has a smaller memory footprint than the kernel version.
Jay
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