Damn Small Linux Crontab Help

Hello,
I am trying to get crontab working on my damn small linux machine. I have it set to " 00 00 * * * root /sbin/shutdown -h now " in the /opt/crontab.
It does not work though, I even tried the " crontab -e " and " crontab -l " commands in terminal but it didn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm running from the hard drive, and it is probably and earlier release of DSL seeing i didn't update it. I would also like to know if it is possible to update the OS without having to reinstall it completely.

Thanks,
Madcamper

I am not a cron expert so I will leave that for some one else. As far as Updating Damn Small Linux. It uses the 2.4 Kernel. If you wish to run a Newer kernel you might want to check into Tiny Core Linux.

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Tiny Core Linux is a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux GUI Desktop. It is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, and Fltk.

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Slitaz is another maintained distro that might be a viable option if your hardware specs are up to it. It has the advantage of being easily up datable without doing a reinstall.

I mention these 2 distros because Damn Small Linux looks to be not maintained any more. The guy from Tiny Core used to be on Damn Small Linuxes team of Developers.

alright thanks, I'll look into them. I talked to someone on irc about it and it seems my DSL install is really screwed up. I can't "man" most commands. So now I'm working on installing a new distro without erasing my personal back up files.