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Here. check out all the small linux's http://www.tux.org/pub/distributions/tinylinux/ some of them fit on one floppy. Also in this dir is tinyX. Enjoy, Adam John Nolan wrote: > > > Anyway.. here is my question... would any of the popular > > > linux distributions fit on 80 megs? Or has anyone tried some smaller > > > > the 386. Below is a list of minimum system requirements needed to install > > and run Slackware. > > > > 386SX processor > > 4 megabytes of RAM > > 20 megabytes of hard disk space > > 5.25" floppy drive1 > > Additional hardware may be needed if you want to run the X Window System > > at a usable speed or if you want network capabilities. > > 80 megs is not much, but it doesn't count as a "small distro", IMHO. > Of course, it all depends on what you mean by "small" > and what you mean by "distribution." :) > > Anyway, here are the Debian min. reqs. from > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-hardware-req.en.html#s2.3 > > 2.3 Memory and Disk Space Requirements > > You must have at least 4MB of memory and 35MB of hard disk. > If you want to install a reasonable amount of software, > including the X Window System, and some development programs and > libraries, you'll need at least 300MB. For a more or less complete > installation, you'll need around 800MB. To install everything > available in Debian, you'll probably need around 2 GB. > Actually, installing everything doesn't even make sense, > since some packages conflict with others. > > > -- > ##-------------------------------- > ## John Nolan > ## jpnolan op net > ##-------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug