On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 02:02:08PM +0100, Green J M K wrote:
Certainly don't even consider installing gcc and the c libs. Maybe not even perl. Perhaps you could download one of the Linux-on-a-floppy distribution, install to hard disk and add stuff as needed until it fills?
That's not a bad idea, I hadn't thought of that. I have no intention of installing gcc, since there won't be any compliation on the box. I *think* that the Debian packaging system needs perl, though, but I wouldn't swear to that.
The idea of the floppy distributions is rather a good one -- how difficult would it be to put X on top of one of those? I intended to use Debian because I understand the packaging system, and it handles dependencies well, which makes it a lot less stressful to ensure that I have all the things I need on the box. There's a "pick and choose at individual package level" version of the install, so I'm tempted to do that, I think.
Aq.