On 3/30/07, Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
cameron wrote:
David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I have a really nice, old Libretto 110. Only 64Mb memory.
I want to put Linux on it and have a network monitoring system and a traveling NAS.
But all of the NASs have seemed to have grown beyond their original 64Mb size (FreeNAS now needs 128Mb).
Only thing I have found is: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8289526009.html
Talking about Unbutu 6.0 and the 'Server' install that can run in 64Mb and provide NAS.
Any pointers?
Have you looked into Damn Small Linux?another vote for dsl. I have also had a lot of luck on older systems using feather linux - http://featherlinux.berlios.de/
I am going to give DSL a try. It won't be so easy....
The system cannot boot from a CD, so I have to first get the "the all in one boot floppy" http://home.arcor.de/mschierlm/bootdisk/
then install of CD with both PCMCI slots in use. then put in a LAN PCMCI with the CD and install networking stuff. then pull the LAN, put in a USB PCMCI with the CD and install that.
If you have another computer with a cdrom you can install DSL to a usb stick. Then make a DSL USB boot floppy. Then even if a computer doesn't support booting from USB or a cdrom you can use the boot floppy to boot from the usb stick.