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. -- Robert Arkiletian Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/ C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/