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07-24-2004, 11:08 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: michigan
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 59
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Very small Linux distro?
Hi,
I am using Gentoo on a little single board computer I'm playing around with. I've decided to switch to using Disk On Chip as opposed to a hard disk, but my max is something like 114 MB, so Gentoo is way too huge. Are there any other distros out there that will fit on something this small?
I've seen Tiny Linux at http://tiny.seul.org/en/ and it seems like it would do the job, but its rather old (based on Slack 4).
There is also Snap Gear Linux at http://www.snapgear.org/snapgear/about.html which is aimed at serious embedded users.
I've also seen Damn Small Linux but to do a disk install of it the documentation says you need 200-300 MB.
Do I have any other options besides these? I appreciate any suggestions! 
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07-24-2004, 11:26 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Arctic
Distribution: Fedora, Debian, OpenSuSE and Android
Posts: 1,820
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There are a pile of distros that will fit in that amount of space. Run a search at distrowatch and be amazed.
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07-24-2004, 01:16 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Florida
Distribution: Slackware, Debian
Posts: 484
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muLinux. Do a search for that. The floppy disk version, with all packages, is like 30MB or so (still has X and all). The CD version is a 300MB ISO...but that's the old ISO. There's a new one that's like 80MB.
It's kinda old though...XFre86 3.3, kernel 2.0.36....but it works.
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07-24-2004, 04:31 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: New Jersey, USA
Distribution: Slackware 11
Posts: 191
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if your up for the challenge linux from scratch
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07-24-2004, 10:40 PM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Slack-where?
Posts: 654
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Why are you NOT using an embeded distro?
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07-25-2004, 12:49 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: michigan
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 59
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Quote:
Originally posted by slackMeUp
Why are you NOT using an embeded distro?
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I've looked through all the descriptions at distrowatch.com and the only one that really seemed like an embedded distro was Snap Gear. Are there other 'true' embedded distros?
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07-25-2004, 01:28 PM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Slack-where?
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08-24-2004, 12:49 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: Damn Small Linux
Posts: 1
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Damn Small Linux would be a fine choice for a small embedded system. Simply use the frugal install option which simply copies the compressed files from the cd and sets up lilo. Installed that way it only uses about 50 megs, which would leave you more than 60 megs for the myDSL extensions, such as FireFox.
This is a link to a related forum:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/fo...=compact+flash
The quick way, though, is to boot from the LiveCD and then right click to bring up the menu and choose Apps | Tools | Frugal Install, and then follow the instructions.
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10-26-2014, 12:37 PM
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Registered: Sep 2014
Location: Murfreesboro,TN
Distribution: Debian,Linux Mint,Ubuntu,Android
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I hope this is still relavent to a 10 year old thread but,Try TINY CORE.it comes in 3 flavors.
Core:9MB
tiny core:12MB
Coreplus:72
I hope this is still relavent to a 10 year old thread 
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10-27-2014, 06:18 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
Posts: 8,311
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Quote:
Originally Posted by windows50plinux50p
I hope this is still relavent to a 10 year old thread 
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Yeah, could be. People are still asking about small/minimal distros.
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10-27-2014, 09:18 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Gordonsville-AKA Mayberry-Virginia
Distribution: Slack14.2/Many
Posts: 5,573
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1 members found this post helpful.
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11-05-2014, 09:53 AM
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Registered: Jun 2014
Distribution: quad BOOT!
Posts: 549
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http://minino.galpon.org/en
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Minimum requirements for a desktop, with little use of the web:
500Mhz processor
128Mb RAM
2,5 GB hard drive
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11-05-2014, 01:19 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2011
Location: Upper Hale, Surrey/Hants Border, UK
Distribution: One main distro, & some smaller ones casually.
Posts: 5,913
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SliTaz - approx 34mb
http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/
Live/installable distro.
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11-05-2014, 01:45 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2006
Location: Detroit, MI
Distribution: GNU/Linux systemd
Posts: 4,278
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Quote:
Originally Posted by linus72
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ttylinux is the smallest i can think of.
Unless you build your own with an older kernel, and just the programs you need, i dont think youll get much smaller.
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11-06-2014, 07:22 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2013
Posts: 9
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QUIRKY LINUX
a smaller faster puppy linux
if you are looking for small check out the linux puppies
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