Small distro to install on a FAT32 root. Any advices?

Lockywolf · 11-24-2010, 02:08 AM

I want to carry a linux installation on my cellphone.

At the same time i want to remain able to read the phone sd-card on windows installations.

Which distro would you advice? I thought about zipslack, but it's pretty outdated now :-(

wargus · 11-24-2010, 04:26 AM

Hi

check this page

Mini Distributions

there is a list with small distributions, maybe there is also one which fits your special needs.

TobiSGD · 11-24-2010, 05:20 AM

Depending on what size your SD-card has, you can install almost any distro. If you want only a small distro I would go for Puppy Linux or Slitaz.

Lockywolf · 11-24-2010, 08:34 AM

>>Depending on what size your SD-card has, you can install almost any distro.

Almost any?

Almost any distro would like to reformat my sd to ext4 of reiserfs.

And i want it to still be available as an sd card to all windows' installs

TobiSGD · 11-24-2010, 09:03 AM

With almost any I meant any distro that has a live-medium, which in my eyes are almost any. You can use unetbootin or other tools to install live-media to a FAT formated medium.