[CentOS] Really small Linux and NAS

Robert Arkiletian robark at gmail.com
Fri Mar 30 20:58:38 UTC 2007


On 3/30/07, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at 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?
> >> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org
> >>
> >>
> > 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.


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Robert Arkiletian
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