[wplug] Barebones Linux

Henry Umansky hmust2+ at pitt.edu
Tue Dec 2 12:59:19 EST 2003


I gave the wrong website, the correct website is:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

--On Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:42 PM -0500 "Weber, Larry A" 
<laweber at switch.com> wrote:r

> I need a distro of Linux that will run on an old 486 laptop (500 Meg HD,
> no CD).  Command line only.  The only apps I really need are gcc, gdb,
> Perl, and vi.  Ruby would be nice.  An ethernet port (pcmcia) is possible
> but not desirable.  I used ZipSlack awhile ago in a similar situation but
> it did not come with gcc.  With only a floppy drive (I could add a
> zipdrive), adding more apps will be difficult.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> -laweber
>
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Henry Umansky
University of Pittsburgh
Computing Services and Systems Development
hmust2 [at] pitt [dot] edu
(412) 624 -4357



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