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I just need a text only environment that has GCC. I tried a server only install of ubuntu, but it ran out of space. I tried damnsmalllinux but it needs 200megs.
I have the hard drive hooked up to a modern system so the installer can be a gui, it just needs to install a system that is less than 120 megs.
For a really small distro, slackware 11 has zipslack which is a collection of slackware packages made for a minimal install. I think it's around 60-80 mb plus whatever kernel and modules you install (2.4 or 2.6).
Don't know how comfortable you are with slackware, but it may require a little bit of tinkering with to get it to what you want, but it should be able to get under 120 mb.
Puppy and Damn Small Linux should work fine. Also, look at Zenwalk, a small Slackware based distro. Austrumi is a great little distro but it wants 128M RAM or enough hard drive space for 128Meg of swap space. Your memory and small hard drive might be an issue
good luck
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