Re: Live 5.0.0 i386 is maybe not i386
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:57:08AM +0100, Richard Atterer wrote:
> So unfortunately the standard Debian installer is not the right choice for
> you. Try a distribution specialized for low-spec machines, e.g.
> <http://damnsmalllinux.org/>! Once installed, you may be able to convert it
> into a normal Debian installation.
You can, but it is quite a lot of work[1] to get to a *pure* Debian system.
It is not called damnsmalllinux for nothing. :)
It was a while ago when I did it. (It was based on Sarge.)
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 16479 2006-02-28 10:03 /usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.html
Mmmm ... still got gremlins.
chrisb@box:~$ ls -al /opt/
total 32
drwxrwsr-x 6 root staff 4096 2007-12-22 02:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 2008-09-29 02:23 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 0 2004-08-10 16:54 .backup_device
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2004-11-17 18:39 .firefox_plugins
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2004-11-13 06:32 apsfilter
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 12 2007-09-21 18:16 monkey -> monkey-0.9.1
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2005-05-18 07:14 monkey-0.9.1
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 213 2005-07-01 09:53 powerdown.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2003-12-14 01:24 printcap
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2004-11-13 06:32 samba
-rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 17 2008-10-24 18:24 timezone
[1] For one thing, they have a lot of customised config files and just
blindly replacing them is not recommended.
--
Chris.
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than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other
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