On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 08:42:40PM -0500, Pepper Orlando wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to Debian, I'm coming from the bloated world of RedHat.
> Basiclly, I'm interested in using debian to run a very basic web surfing
> machine. I would like to use a fanless VIA EPIA motherboard and keep a very
> minimal install of Debian on a CompactFlash card interfaced via an
> IDE-to-CF adapter.
>
> I would like to know if it's even possible to make a very minimal Debian +
> XFree86 + Mozilla install. If it is, then how do I go about removing
> certain unneeded packages that are installed by default? Right now my test
> machine is running a base install of Sarge (I quit out of the package
> chooser after the installer installed just the basics) plus enough packages
> to make XFree86 and Mozilla work (I am using the generic VESA driver for
> 1024x768, it seems to be fast enough). Even doing just this seems to take
> up about 235 MB according to df -h. I'm guessing there's far more installed
> than I really need.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help with this matter.
Hi Pepper,
pebble linux may be of SOME help. its made to run on a CF card but its
not setup to run X but its debian based.
-Kev
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