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Re: [PLUG] troubled newbie with debian
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On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 13:36, Bob Schwier wrote:
> Reason for using 2.0 is that the equipment I'm trying to install on is
> even more obsolete. This is a (not another!) learning experience. I
> cannot even put all of the packages in this edition that I would want as
> the hard drive is only half a gig. The DOS side is also an experiment
<snip>
> The standard drive on these donated pieces of crap seems to be 200M.
200 MB is tight, but you can fit a working Debian 3.0 base install in
there. I know, because I have a 200 MB disk image that I use to run
UserModeLinux from. You just have to be carefull about keeping logfiles
and the apt package cache from getting to big (using a cdrom as your
install media helps there, as the package files will not be downloaded
to your disk).
You probably can't fit X-windows in there (and certianly not a desktop
like KDE or GNOME!). But if freedos is your alternative, you probably
aren't worried about graphics anyway.
--
Will Dyson
"Back off man, I'm a scientist!" -Dr. Peter Venkman
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