I'm looking for the smallest installable distro. of Linux that will work with my Old Compaq Presario Laptop.

200Mhz Cyrix Processor
32MB Ram
NeoMagic Video Card Max Res (800x600) SVGA
2 GIG HD
(but would like the smallest HD intall distro no CD/Knoppix, unless it can be installed to the local HD)

I need to maximize the HD space. I've tried Damn Small Linux and like what it has to offer but it doesn't like my video card much. I would like to run X-server with any GUI really I'm not to picky, but I would like a GUI based MP3 player .


Thanx in advanced...

Knoppix can go to your hd, but it will take most of your 2gb.

Zipslack is small (100mb), and with X just add 150mb. www.slackware.com

Yeah, Knoppix gives me the same results as Damn Small Linux, since it is a cut verion of Knoppix. Although I havn't tried ZipSlack...Looks like I'm off to DL it and give it a whirl, thanks for the advice I'll let you know...

Perhaps you could boot SLAX with the Fluxbox windowmanager option and try that, or look at Morphix LightGUI.

I looked into SLAX the minimum install is 64MB of RAM I only have 32 and I'd rather not wait 5 minutes for the Laptop to boot. I'm really looking into many different Distros with no luck really...

Then take a look here:
Maybe there's something to your liking there.

Note : The older ones(pre-VL3) don't come as an ISO but need to be installed with the help of the "INSTALL.TXT"