Does anybody know if there is a similar project to Damn
Small Linux, but Slackware based? I'm thinking about the
"run everything in ram" thing here and the reduction in
required HDD space etc. (Yeah, guess what I've been playing
with?

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All the world is a stage.
You'll grow out of it.
We all do, eventually.

Mike wrote:
> Does anybody know if there is a similar project to Damn
> Small Linux, but Slackware based? I'm thinking about the
> "run everything in ram" thing here and the reduction in
> required HDD space etc. (Yeah, guess what I've been playing
> with?

<http://www.slax.org>?


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Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)

Apr 20: Responding to Joost Kremers...

>
>
> Mike wrote:
>> Does anybody know if there is a similar project to Damn
>> Small Linux, but Slackware based? I'm thinking about the
>> "run everything in ram" thing here and the reduction in
>> required HDD space etc. (Yeah, guess what I've been playing
>> with?
>
> <http://www.slax.org>?
>

Neat! I'll read this up tommorrow. The cat wants my chair
right now. Ta v much!

--

All the world is a stage.
You'll grow out of it.
We all do, eventually.

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:50:42 GMT, in alt.os.linux.slackware you wrote:

>Apr 20: Responding to Joost Kremers...
>
>>
>>
>> Mike wrote:
>>> Does anybody know if there is a similar project to Damn
>>> Small Linux, but Slackware based? I'm thinking about the
>>> "run everything in ram" thing here and the reduction in
>>> required HDD space etc. (Yeah, guess what I've been playing
>>> with?
>>
>> <http://www.slax.org>?
>>
>
>Neat! I'll read this up tommorrow. The cat wants my chair
>right now. Ta v much!

I've used Slax live CD's before i finally made the switch to Slackware
Linux, it's quite nice.

When you use the live CD, it has option to load everything into RAM,
among other options.

If remember well, you can also install it to disk.

The web site is quite clear in navigation, so you would have found it
anyway, but here's a link:

http://www.slax.org/cheatcodes.php

Apr 21: Responding to Manuel Otto...

>
>
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:50:42 GMT, in alt.os.linux.slackware you wrote:
>
>> Apr 20: Responding to Joost Kremers...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike wrote:
>>>> Does anybody know if there is a similar project to Damn
>>>> Small Linux, but Slackware based? I'm thinking about the
>>>> "run everything in ram" thing here and the reduction in
>>>> required HDD space etc. (Yeah, guess what I've been playing
>>>> with?
>>>
>>> <http://www.slax.org>?
>>>
>>
>> Neat! I'll read this up tommorrow. The cat wants my chair
>> right now. Ta v much!
>
> I've used Slax live CD's before i finally made the switch to Slackware
> Linux, it's quite nice.
>
> When you use the live CD, it has option to load everything into RAM,
> among other options.
>
> If remember well, you can also install it to disk.
>
> The web site is quite clear in navigation, so you would have found it
> anyway, but here's a link:
>
> http://www.slax.org/cheatcodes.php
>

Yup. Got there. This looks like something I'd be really
interested in. The fun never stops with Slackware.

--

All the world is a stage.
You'll grow out of it.
We all do, eventually.

Mike wrote:

>Does anybody know if there is a similar project to Damn
>Small Linux, but Slackware based? I'm thinking about the
>"run everything in ram" thing here and the reduction in
>required HDD space etc. (Yeah, guess what I've been playing
>with?

In addition to the good suggestions others have made,
there exists an even smaller Slackware-based distribution
for those who consider Damn Small Linux to be bloatware;
BasicLinux. It has two versions:


Minimum RAM version minimum requirements:

386 CPU
4Mb RAM
16MB HDD
NO Floppy required.


Minimum Ddisk space version minimum requirements:

386 CPU
12MB RAM (runs entirely in RAM Disk)
Two 1.44 mb floppy diskettes
One 1.44 MB FDD (two if you don't want to swap during boot)
NO Hard drive required.


Look here for more info:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/baslinux/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BasicLinux
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/...ions/baslinux/
http://basiclinux.com.ru/
http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/oldpc/
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/baslinux/
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ba...basic+linux%22


In case anyone is interested in a small computer to run a
small Linux distribution, there is one that is 55mm x 22mm
(2.2 inches x 0.9 inches).

look here:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6270733703.html
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8498487406.html


--
Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/>

Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:

> In case anyone is interested in a small computer to run a small
> Linux distribution, there is one that is 55mm x 22mm (2.2 inches
> x 0.9 inches).

From all reports by your friends at the gym, that sounds about the
same size as your dick. Does it sound bigger when you give the size
in metric?

Why don't you bugger off on out of here, you fat pig? Macon, bacon,
ooze...

cordially, as always,

rm

rm@biteme.org wrote:
> Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:
>
>> In case anyone is interested in a small computer to run a small
>> Linux distribution, there is one that is 55mm x 22mm (2.2 inches
>> x 0.9 inches).
>
> From all reports by your friends at the gym, that sounds about the
> same size as your dick. Does it sound bigger when you give the size
> in metric?
>
> Why don't you bugger off on out of here, you fat pig? Macon, bacon,
> ooze...

Here's a picture of the phat phuck:

http://www.guymacon.com/INDEX.HTM

Once he told us that he and his friends at the gym stand around
laughing at us because we describe him as fat.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Macon Bacon is a "self-taught engineer." That's right.
Self-taught, as in high school dropout. This means he can't wear
the ring on his finger but he has to wear it on his nose...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

cordially, as always,

rm

Apr 22: Responding to Guy Macon...

>
>
>
>
>
> Mike wrote:
>
>> Does anybody know if there is a similar project to Damn
>> Small Linux, but Slackware based? I'm thinking about the
>> "run everything in ram" thing here and the reduction in
>> required HDD space etc. (Yeah, guess what I've been playing
>> with?
>
> In addition to the good suggestions others have made,
> there exists an even smaller Slackware-based distribution
> for those who consider Damn Small Linux to be bloatware;
> BasicLinux. It has two versions:
>
>
> Minimum RAM version minimum requirements:
>
> 386 CPU
> 4Mb RAM
> 16MB HDD
> NO Floppy required.
>
[SNIP]

Looks fun, but maybe a little TOO small for me. I like the
idea of a customisable live-cd that can be handed to someone
as a "Try that!" thing. CDROMs are WAAAAAY more impressive
than floppies.

--

All the world is a stage.
You'll grow out of it.
We all do, eventually.

Mike <Not@arizona.bay> wrote:
> Apr 22: Responding to Guy Macon...

> [SNIP]
>
> Looks fun, but maybe a little TOO small for me. I like the
> idea of a customisable live-cd that can be handed to someone
> as a "Try that!" thing. CDROMs are WAAAAAY more impressive
> than floppies.

Linux on a floppy is about all the linux that Phat Boy can
handle. He hasn't upgraded to cdroms yet, anyway.

cordially, as always,

rm