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"bare-bones" Mac OS 9.1
Faust:
quote:really? You mean I can fit OS 9 into 80MB but you can't install Linux on 2000MB? I thought Linux was supposed to be super efficient and small.
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I have no idea what Psyjax is talking about. My Debian install has only just crossed 2.5 GIG and thats with me installing every single app in the dselect menu that I want. And thats a BIG list, I think I have something like 4 wm's, 20 games and 2 office suites. Oh and 4 web browsers (well I guess 3 because lynx doesn't count.) Oh and about 600 meg of that is for a full copy of the Quake 2 cdrom.
psyjax:
well, technically you can, but not YDL, not unless you wanna sift thrugh all the packages and trim it down to the bare minimum.
YDL dosn't have the most user friendly installer, and if your a newb your gonna want everything on there just to tinker.
Also, because of the wierd boot process of OldWorld Machines, as you said your gonna be eating up 80MB with the OS9 install... which BTW, I would suggest just installing from scratch and deselecting all extranius components. That will save you from sifting thrugh the whole system folder.
So, yea, you can get linux on there, but to have enugh room to setle and become efficient at it you don't. You may end up with a few hundred megabytes to work with after the swap file, and everything you need is installed.
You can do it, it's just inconvinient. That's really what I meant.
Here are the install requirements of YDL:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/faq/drive_space.shtml
quote:
Personal Desktop: 1,901MB
Workstation: 2,258MB
Server: 855MB
Everything (all packages): 5,031MB
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Server install BTW, is only XFree86, defaulting to command line, and no WM's or desktop environments. To trim it down even smaller you need to sift thrugh packages which can take for ever as there are litteraly thousands.
So ya, just get a bigger hardrive and save yourself some trouble.
[ May 21, 2003: Message edited by: psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax ]
M51DPS:
I've decide to use Debian (only 800MB), but one of my friends who is also getting Linux is just going to go for a new hard drive, since they shouldn't cost too much. I'm still going to get the "bare-bones" OS 9, thanks for the help, I'll tell you how it goes.
[ May 21, 2003: Message edited by: M51DPS ]
psyjax:
quote:Originally posted by M51DPS:
I was thinking about just getting Debian (only 800MB), but have decided to just go for a new drive to make things easier. Thanks for the help anyway.
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No prob
EDIT: BTW, once you get YDL up, KDE and GNOME are going to be slugish. Don't worry, get a lightweight WM, Black Box or WindowMaker. That speeds thinks up tenfold.
[ May 21, 2003: Message edited by: psyjax: plain 'ol psyjax ]
Pissed_Macman:
Wow this section is really dead.
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