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Yes, you read that correctly. 40 mega bytes. That's all I've got. I'm running an Am5x86-P75 with 128MB DRAM. I can boot the DSL live CD and browse the internet ...
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  1. 05-07-2009 #1
    hatsoff
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    40MB hard drive - any distro smaller than damn small linux?

    Yes, you read that correctly. 40 megabytes. That's all I've got.

    I'm running an Am5x86-P75 with 128MB DRAM. I can boot the DSL live CD and browse the internet from there, but I can't install it to my hard disk, firstly because DSL doesn't appear to be meant for hard disk installation, and secondly because I only have a freakin' 40MB hard disk.

    I don't really need a GUI, as long as I can run Lynx from cli. However, a GUI would naturally be enormously helpful.

    The plan here is to be able to browse the web on a PC built in 1990 (and upgraded in 1997).

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!
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  2. 05-07-2009 #2
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    I guess you could try THIS

    Or THIS
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  3. 05-07-2009 #3
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    Welcome to the forums!

    You can find a few minimal distros here:

    Mini Linux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Hope you find something you like.
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  4. 05-09-2009 #4
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    Hello and Welcome!

    You might like Tiny Core. Tiny meaning a whopping 10 MB!
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  5. 05-17-2009 #5
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    It is stil enough for SltTaz ca 30MB. But how big do you want to make the Swap-Partition ?
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  6. 05-18-2009 #6
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    I think there is no need to create SWAP partition because 128MB RAM is more than enough for mini distros.
    It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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  7. 05-18-2009 #7
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    The following is not Linux, but it is probably the tinyest OS existing with a GUI.
    That's right, a whole OS with a GUI in 1.4 MB!!!! You can find it here.
    It even has transparency.
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