Re: Suggestion to future debian releases
From: "Robert D. Hilliard" <hilliard@metrolink.net>
> I think it would be better to try to reduce the size of the base
> system as much as possible. Perhaps the base install script could ask
> the user if he wants to install ppp and networking programs, rather
> than automatically include them.
Yes, some folks, like the Space Shuttle, want a minimal system. Even they
commented that they installed an editor.
> Several years ago, I installed a minimal Slackware installation on
> a < 10 mb partition, with the intent of making an emergency/repair
> tool. Subsequently, I removed some files, and added a few others,
> resulting in 5535 kb on a 6170 kb partition. I still keep this
> partition for emergency use.
>
> It would be very difficult to make such an installation with
> debian.
Perhaps, but our 1.44MB rescue disk does this well, and can be used on
a tiny hard disk partition with no problem. Just dd it over and it might
even be bootable without putting LILO on it.
Thanks
Bruce
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