26 Nov
2003
26 Nov
'03
11:24 a.m.
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 11:57, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Hans Franke wrote:
To continue this slightly off-topic thread :-)
Linux systems don't have to be big. I have two (an iPAQ and mini-itx)
that are fully functional Linux systems running off 32MB (yes M not G)
"disks". The iPAQ runs off the internal memory and the mini-itx
boots off a 126MB USB key which is current partitioned down to 32MB.
To make a very nice file server, just add some hard drive for the
data....
Take a look at www.handhelds.org for more in the iPAQ and
http://www.8ung.at/spblinux/ for how to get Linux on a USB key.
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Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au
Melbourne | "If soccer was meant to be played in the
Australia | air, the sky would be painted green"
Because the true cost is more than just the
board? Take allone
the task of finding Disk drives that work with old computers,
large enough to hold for example the webcam pictures, and other
stuff, not to talk the Linux system - serious, the time when you
could install a full figured Server on a 100 MB drive is gone.
I still have such a system (486-133) running at home to serve
an old style mud, but even back then I had to do the setup by
hand to have enough free space ... Today, below a Gig nothing
is realy doable - except you make the installation of the sys
your task, instead of using it as a tool.
Unless you use a system less bloated
than the average Linux distro,
of course. Which means zapping the totally useless graphic user
interface, for one, and most of the totally useless packages they
all deliver.