[syslinux] Minimizing linux
Kharisma Esguerra
kharisma.esguerra at eppi.epson.com.ph
Mon Jan 24 04:01:58 PST 2005
will do. not really an expert on linux. but deadline is pressuring me
on this. thanks anyway, (^^;)
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Haisenko [mailto:haisenko at webport.de]
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 5:05 PM
To: Kharisma Esguerra
Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] Minimizing linux
On Sunday 23 January 2005 13:47, Kharisma Esguerra wrote:
> anybody knows how to make a certain linux distro small?
While this is very off-topic I'll try to answer it nevertheless:
Get to know every package. That is, you first need to identify every
RPM/DEB/whatever you'll need and then you inspect every single of these
RPM/DEB/whatever and have a look at what programs and data it contains and
which of these programs and data can be deleted (e.g. the kbd package
contains a few megs of unnecessary data and lots of rarely used programs).
But I think it'll be best if you look for a Linux distribution that was
meant
to be booted from a USB drive in your case. Because the method described
will
take a few man-days. And if you don't know Linux /that/ well it'll take a
few
man-weeks.
C'ya,
Marc
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Marc Haisenko
Systemspezialist
Webport IT-Services GmbH
mailto: haisenko at webport.de
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