Re: Low Memory Systems...

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:12:40 +0000 (GMT)


> Now... I was going to use 1.2.13 but I couldn't find an easy to use small
> foot-print distribution and ended up using the current Debian.
>
> Does anyone maintain a distribution suitable for installation into
> paper-weights ?

Its not really maintained but dearly begs to be upgraded - MCC takes about
8 megs on a basic installation with networking.

ftp.mcc.ac.uk:/pub/linux/mcc-interim

> A prefer a distribution if possible, that way if something goes wrong
> someone can fix it rather than having to bother me about it every time.
> Also, its got 4MB of ram so my usually single boot disk just isn't going to
> work.
>
> Oh, will there ever be a 1.2.14? There are plenty of patches now to 1.2.13
> and it does use about 300-300k less in a typical kernel than 2.0.32 when

See 1.2.13lmp

Alan