Linux <= 128MB

Alan Dayley plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Fri Oct 5 15:08:37 2001


Looks interesting.  However, this uses loadlin to "boot" Linux after DOS
has already booted.  The purpose of my need requires that I "truely" boot
Linux from the MBR.  I can't boot DOS first.

Alan

At 03:02 PM 10/5/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Slackware has a zip slack which is designed to run on a 100mb zip disk..
>That would even give you room for a swap!!! lol
>It only uses about 70-80 megs..
>It's pretty nice too.
>
>With a little work you could probably even get X on it!
>I've done it, but I don't remember if I was over 120 megs or not.  I
>don't believe I was..  I think the drive I used was only 128 as well.
>
>ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/  ...zipslack??
>
>something like that.
>
>
>nathan