From: Christoph Adomeit (ado@bigcomm.gun.de)
Date: 09/28/93


From: ado@bigcomm.gun.de (Christoph Adomeit)
Subject: Re: The smallest Linux?
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 01:36:33 GMT

donley@cscns.com (Donley P'Simer) writes:

>I was able to install Linux 0.99pl12 SLS 1.03 on a 20MB laptop. I used the
>base installation with prompts and answered no to the stuff I didn't need.
>Basically the system includes everything but Emacs, UUCP, GhostScript, News,
>and the kernel source. The source would be neccessary if you ever wanted
>to update or customize the kernel, but if you've got a friend with the
>full system, they could compile a zImage for you.

I've got a client here that runs TCP and NFS on a 8 MB Partition of a 20 MB
Drive in a 386SX with 4 MB of ram.

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