On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Niki Kovacs wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Smallest install? > > Stephen Harris a écrit : >> I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at >> install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is >> there any way of doing an even smaller install? >> > > You might consider one of those fine super-lightweight distributions > like Slitaz or Tiny Core, both excellent. OR there's DSL: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ What is DSL? Damn Small Linux is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution. Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things: * Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD) * Boot from a USB pen drive * Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can run *inside* Windows) * Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we call "frugal install" * Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install * Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram * Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at how fast your computer can be!) * Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize It runs from a Live CD nicely. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts