wanted: tiny linux as host-os just for playing virtual machines (vmware)

[dunno]

lo!

is someone here interessted in creating a real tiny linux-distro?

needed:
- general:
-- bootable from CD or USB-stick
-- gui (x-server) - only active if starting up vmware-player

- apps:
-- mc
-- vmware-player (of course)

- services:
-- dhcp-support
-- config-"tool" for setting up IP-address manually if dhcp is n/a
-- access on various partions (reiserFS, fat, fat32, ...) for opening the VMs

y this?
the idea is to have generally equal "hardware" so it is easily possible to boot up VMs... without having a "real" OS installed on your PC

this newly to build OS could be called vmware-player-player :>

so anyone interessted in creating this OS?

my linux skills are descent so i´m currently not able to create my idea by myself...

[truoc444]

damn small linux is only about 50 MB. doesn't get much smaller than that. and once it's installed to hard drive or usb stick it is a basic debian install.

[genesus]

hehe, you could always remove tcc and maybe make it a tad smaller , but truoc's right, it wont get any smaller than that...not quite a true deb install though, gcc being replaced with tcc does change alot of functionality.