How small is PeeWeeLinux?

Dean Brown [email protected]
Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:51:50 -0800


I've now got a kernel and filesystem that fits into 3.5 MBytes excluding
the application. It is not useful for much else than launching and
supporting a single application.

Dean Brown wrote:
> 
> I currently have a working system that includes networking that fits in
> 5.5 MBytes. This does not include the application. I will soon be
> testing a build that fits in 4.3 MBytes.
> 
> You can get things quite small!!
> 
> Matt Carlson wrote:
> >
> > For my next newby question I'd like to ask:
> > How small of a distrobution can you get from PWL?
> > My target is to get a bootable system with pcmcia-cs, networking, and a few
> > spacific programs loaded onto a 16M DiskOnChip for my wearable computer.
> > Most distros that I've seen that are based on RedHat talk about a minimum of
> > 43-45megs.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > M@
> >
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> > See the list archives at http://adis.on.ca/archives/
> > See the PWL homepage at  http://peeweelinux.com
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> Dean Brown
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