HD Install :: 64Mega HD install

for a research project we have to use a linux distribution installed on mini-itx boards with a 64M flash memory.
is there a way to strip dsl to be installed on such a little space?
remastering is the only solution?

thanks,
leonardo.

I run a couple of mini-itx 64MB CF machines. It was that particular target machine and CF that frugal_instal.sh was designed for. If your mini-itx has an IDE to CF adapter and it is set for hda, then simply run the frugal_instal.sh program, Apps->Tools->Frugal Install

Frugal makes for an easy research project. You'll be done in 5 minutes

Chris

Quote (roberts @ May 06 2005,06:05)

this copies dsl as a zipped image on my disk, and makes it kind of difficult to upgrade/change. What I meant was something different, if it is possible to strip it down as of having a real image in 64M. for example, we always work with hostap driver and we need to upgrade it and test it every once in a while, I can't imagine myself reinstalling the image on every change (we have no CD as well). A solution would be to add a little partition for config/source stuff and mount it when needed, but It still seems a little uneasy

thanks,
leonardo.

You would not want to attempt a regular hard drive install to CF. Limited writes would soon kill the device. Frugal is easy to upgrade via a single file, KNOPPIX which could later be done via net. For original install the CF+IDE adapter can be hosted in any whitebox with a bootable cdrom and then mounted in the cdromless mini-itx. This is how I do it. Additional mods or customizations can be achieved via the extensions, be it custom for your printer, your winmodem, etc. For example Metro Pipe's Personal VPN is nothing more that a mydsl.iso. This is also true for the Thinknic.iso it too is really a mydsl.iso. If you study and learn our system it is imensely flexible.

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