Hello, I am looking for two linux distributions:

1) A very light one, extra-small linux distribution. It should contain only the very basics and NOT a GUI. Just bash and some typical general purpose applications that can be run from the command line (like vi). The smaller the better and if it can boot from cd or floppy that is more that welcome.

2) A full featured, small linux distribution that will run on old hardware (nearly 6 year old). I think that DamnSmall Linux is ideal but any alternative suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance

1) Slax Frodo, Arch Linux base install, Gentoo
2) mutagenix, feather linux, slax popcorn

http://slax.linux-live.org/download.php
The site seems to have problems now, so look in here:
http://www.linuxisotorrent.com/

All of them are TOO huge. I was thinking of something more like this one

I had tried slax nearly a year ago and it was good enough. I imagine that more recent versions will be even better than the one I tried. This is a great suggestion, thanks.

linux.org has information on most distributions (even some ecclectic ones like HAL)
you can use their search section and its actually kind of fun looking at all of the distributions that are out there. I kind of don't think you'll find anything similar in size to HAL.

I'm curious. Why do you wish to have something THAT small?

1. http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/...ions/baslinux/
Boots from floppy (2), no GUI, nice and simple Linux shell distro for you.

Thanks for the link, I hope I will find some more distros even though I like HAL very much.

Because I enjoy being able to carry something so small yet so powerfull, plus I love the command line