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Originally posted by slightcrazed It's damn small.... Ummm.... that's all I know. :P www.damnsmalllinux.org Linux distro that fits in 50 MB so that you can throw it onto one of the mini CDs. Nifty, huh? slight

a linux distro at 50mb, wow i thought i was setting records with VectorLinux on my old Win95 box at 500Mb. Looks like i might be revisiting it......

hmmmm.....!

- perry

Hi,

1) I have this problem:

Link to my forum topic

Would this distro solve my problems on PII 266, 196RAM?

2) I also have an old Pentium 133Mhz, 16MB RAM, 400+200MB disks, viperpro graphic, NO CD-BOOT!.
Would this distro work on it? Till now it was win95 computer. I had numerous failures with RH 7, 7.3, Suse 8.0 installs - they all halt at some point .

Thank you in advance
Ales

Originally posted by ajagodnik Hi, 1) I have this problem: Link to my forum topic Would this distro solve my problems on PII 266, 196RAM? 2) I also have an old Pentium 133Mhz, 16MB RAM, 400+200MB disks, viperpro graphic, NO CD-BOOT!. Would this distro work on it? Till now it was win95 computer. I had numerous failures with RH 7, 7.3, Suse 8.0 installs - they all halt at some point . Thank you in advance Ales

for what it's worth, my install with Vector linux had only 16MB to work with on a Pentium 60Mhz and only 500Mb of hard disk space. also, i couldn't boot from CD either. had to setup install diskettes and fortunately they were able to detect the CD and install from there.

- perry

Here we go getting off topic.....

Try smart boot manager on that old system. It will allow you to boot from your CD even if the BIOS doesn't have the option for it.

slight

For the record, I keep a copy of smartboot manage and DSL (albeit on an 8mm cd9Same size as the floppy with SBM on it, so there's a ton of spare space) as a crash kit for windows machines I support.

Its amazing how much data recovery I have managed from dead windows systems,

A quick reinstall of the OS, and programs, Reinstall user data, and I and my Linux get hero status.

So its not just Cool, but sometime also Tool.

Thanks for the work on this.

Thanks for all the answers.

slighcrazed, thanks for smartbootmanager, it is great

I like DSL but I will be getting me a copy of MandrakeMove also. Honestly I didn't see CD or USB OS's coming it seems obvious now.

Actually I managed to put RedHat (totally totally minimal with X and windowmaker) on 400 mb (/usr) and 200mb (/), withouth pico to save space . I got a chance to learn vi - finally!

The problem is actually viper pro pci graphic card, which I guess won't be supported on Damn Small linux and others, since it is generally unsuported. I managed to get 320x200 in TWM though :-).

First I will change the card for some normal one, then download DSL, and then let you know.

damn i havent used dsl in a while. what version is it on now?

not sure if this is the right topic for my question, but here goes ^_^

is there a .torrent file for DSL? i have slow connection, do bittorrent is the only way i get stuff d/l ed.

h1tman,
Current DSL is 0.6.2

SaidinUnleashed,
John who maintains DSL will know about bittorrent availability ->
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Regards,
LG.

Hey John, where's my CD?

raysr,

Please do not use LQ for personal matters like this.

--jeremy

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