On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 07:36:11PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > I managed to get Debian on a 386/6MB, but it had two 40MB drives. As > > others have advised, you're likely to want to go with something smaller. > > Tom's root-boot (http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html) is a good start. > > There are links on that page to other "micro-Linux" projects. > > I don't know - base.tgz extracts to 26 mb, and that's a complete, > functioning debian system. I think a 40 mb install should be doable.
I have such a system, so yes, it is doable. But after setting aside swap space, plus that 26 MB from the base installation, there isn't a whole lot of room left. Regards, David H. Silber ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please send Debian-related email to debian-user @ orbits.com. For custom software, see: http://www.SilberSoft.com/
