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From: Cameron Ratcliffe
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:00

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Hello fello Linux users.
Can some one help me with a detailed answer to my question I have given
detailed answers in the past:
whenever I do an installation of linux the minimum seems to be about
200mb or so.
I cam across the linux router project which has a large number of common
programs all on one floppy
it lacks in file systems supported and networking utilities like ftp.
I have a desktop system I set up with a 1.1gb drive.. I would like a
really small installation say about a meg and a half
and then some extra things like FTPd, httpd, samba and NFS.
The idea Is I would like an installation that is used as a remote
storage system.. So I don't need hundreds of megabytes of usless shit
that I have already installed on other computer(s) on my network.

So how would I go about making such an installation... I am guessing I
would have to start with a blank formatted ext2 partition and make it
bootable and add bits from there.. the bare essentials..

So can someone help me my telling me what are the bare essentials for
what I want.
Lab_rat



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