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mmills
03-03-2004, 05:57 PM
Ok this is a multi question post so bare with me,
oh and I say this in advance to MDWATTS,
if this is in the wrong topic, uh well sorry, and BILL me..
ha ha
anyways.
here is my Goal.
I am looking for a small Install Distro, the Machine I will be running this off of is an IBM Aptiva 450Mhz AMDk6-2 with 256Ram, and upto 130 Gigs of HD.
now I havent tried Slackware yet, but I have been told its somewhat like unix, I tried to install freeBSD, lets just say, well I was a little confused there. Im still somewhat new to linux so tar files and commands are kinda confusing still.
Now on the other part, I am looking for a Basic FTP server application that isnt to hard to install and configure, remind yourself that I have been using windows since WIN95, so any command line/tar installation command codes are still greek to me. with this all accomplished I would like to host linux/unix tar/iso files.
I work for a cable company so ISP is free, and I can get a possible static at no charge.
so if anyone can give me some helpfull suggestions, I would so much apreciate it.
mmills
:rolleyes:
mdwatts
03-03-2004, 06:06 PM
Originally posted by mmills
oh and I say this in advance to MDWATTS,
if this is in the wrong topic, uh well sorry, and BILL me..
ha ha
Now you have a chance to try out our newly created '.iso confused' best/which distro forum. :)
Enjoy !!!
ph34r
03-03-2004, 06:06 PM
*Any* distribution should install and run fine on that machine, especially if it is just server duty, no KDE or Gnome, etc.
I'd go with Slack or Debian though... but if you want GUI config tools, etc. then I'd consider Fedora
EnigmaOne
03-03-2004, 06:25 PM
If you want to go minimalist with this, Peanut, LFS, Gentoo or Slack would be obvious first choices.
If you want to go ultra minimalist, you *could* always hammer Linux BBC into a HDD boot configuration.
Originally posted by ph34r
I'd go with Slack or Debian
Agreed.
mdwatts
03-03-2004, 06:48 PM
Any distro should suffice. Just do a custom install and only select the packages you require.
mmills
03-03-2004, 06:53 PM
does either come with some sort of ftp server software?
teeitup
03-03-2004, 06:54 PM
How about DamnSmallLinux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)
It comes as a "live" CD but can be installed on a hard disk. It's designed to install on a 50MB business card CD.
Good Luck,
mmills
03-03-2004, 07:09 PM
ok this is all good and well, BUT, I dont understand unix and from I understand, slackware and freebsd installs like unix does correct?
I need a linux install....a GUI
Originally posted by mmills
does either come with some sort of ftp server software?
Yes, both come with ftp client/server. Depends on what type of install you do.
mmills
03-03-2004, 07:11 PM
which one is the most easy to install?
Slack install is more friendly than Debian's in my opinion.
Trogdor
03-03-2004, 07:24 PM
Originally posted by EnigmaOne
If you want to go minimalist with this, Peanut, LFS, Gentoo or Slack would be obvious first choices.
If you want to go ultra minimalist, you *could* always hammer Linux BBC into a HDD boot configuration. I'd recommend Gentoo.
mmills
03-03-2004, 07:36 PM
keep in mind the only distro's I have installed are redhat, suse, mandrake.
so the unix thing is mind bogling
EnigmaOne
03-03-2004, 08:35 PM
Originally posted by mmills
keep in mind the only distro's I have installed are redhat, suse, mandrake.
so the unix thing is mind bogling
In that case, I'd chip in with Trog...Gentoo is probably going to be a front-runner option; but MD made an extremely valid point (as opposed to a lesser-form of validity??? I must be late for my meds.):
You can pare-down almost any distribution's installation by doing exactly as he said.
Trogdor
03-03-2004, 10:32 PM
I reccomend Gentoo, because you have control over every single program installed.
carbon-12
03-03-2004, 10:48 PM
Originally posted by teeitup
How about DamnSmallLinux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/)
It comes as a "live" CD but can be installed on a hard disk. It's designed to install on a 50MB business card CD.
Good Luck,
Im with you. Its great on my old comp.
j79zlr
03-03-2004, 11:03 PM
Slack is not hard to install, it just isn't point and click, but text menus are just as easy.
ph34r
03-04-2004, 12:01 AM
Right... text installs aren't scary. Heck, even Windows uses a text based installer to start.
Since you seem to want hand-holding, I'm changing my suggestions to Mandrake or Fedora.
mmills
03-04-2004, 03:05 PM
is the ftp server application in the minimal install iso?
Don't worry about that. If it doesn't come you can get it easily...
mdwatts
03-04-2004, 04:47 PM
Originally posted by mmills
is the ftp server application in the minimal install iso?
I doubt it as the minimal install will just be enough to get the base system installed.
As serz posted, you can always install whatever ftp server you like using only a command or two.
ckbumps
03-04-2004, 05:09 PM
I have to recomend vector linux, its a slackware derivative thats smaller faster and easier to user.
I have it installed on a P100 (no GUI) and it runs fine. it comes set up with proftpd, a very common ftp server
mmills
03-11-2004, 05:46 PM
Ok,
SO damnsmalllinux (http://damnsmallLinux.org) sounds like a decient choice, Basically Im looking for a small linux distro, and it doesnt have to be mini cd small, but suse or mandrake is just a tad bit to large. I need a GUI install becuse I havent ran through that part of my linux class yet at school, so GUI is a must at this point, and ftp software I know now isnt important to be on the distro, but it would be nice.........
I would like to optimize the speed of this AMD450Mhz 256ram pc.
mmills
03-11-2004, 05:52 PM
any other mini size linux distro's out there?
any that are gui and will fit on a Mini CD?