Subj : Re: minimal linux install from iso... To : comp.os.linux.network,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup From : comprecyclerftc Date : Mon Aug 30 2004 03:19 pm "Olivier" wrote in message news:cgtmpc$l1b$1@aphrodite.grec.isp.9tel.net... > jimbo wrote: > > rodg wrote: > > > >> I am looking for an iso of a minimal linux distro for a 386: > >> > >> with 8mb ram, 430 mb hd, pentium 75mhz currently has windoz3.1/dos. > >> > >> please reply to newsgroup & comprecyclerftc@yahoo.com > >> > >> thanks in advance! > >> > >> > >> > > > > How minimal? Hal91 boots from a floppy disk. > > > > jimb > 50mb ? > http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ > > > What do you want to do with this computer? > With such old hardware you can probably run iptables on 2 nics. > If it is only for home usage you can probably also put a dns caching server This is an experiment, really. What I am wanting to do with it first is to secure it as best I can, then I am going to try to break into it, then resecure it. I just found a free 3 gig drive, so some more possabilites come up. Once I have it locked up tight, I'm going to see what else I can get away with using it for. .