On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 08:42:40PM -0500, Pepper Orlando wrote: > Hi, I'm new to Debian, I'm coming from the bloated world of RedHat. > Basiclly, I'm interested in using debian to run a very basic web surfing > machine. I would like to use a fanless VIA EPIA motherboard and keep a very > minimal install of Debian on a CompactFlash card interfaced via an > IDE-to-CF adapter. > > I would like to know if it's even possible to make a very minimal Debian + > XFree86 + Mozilla install. If it is, then how do I go about removing > certain unneeded packages that are installed by default? Right now my test > machine is running a base install of Sarge (I quit out of the package > chooser after the installer installed just the basics) plus enough packages > to make XFree86 and Mozilla work (I am using the generic VESA driver for > 1024x768, it seems to be fast enough). Even doing just this seems to take > up about 235 MB according to df -h. I'm guessing there's far more installed > than I really need. > > Thanks in advance for any help with this matter. Hi Pepper, pebble linux may be of SOME help. its made to run on a CF card but its not setup to run X but its debian based. -Kev --
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