Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 15

Thread: small linux without GUI etc needed

  1. #1
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Basel, Switzerland
    Posts
    31

    small linux without GUI etc needed

    I am looking for a distro which is samll, but contanis all functions for basic hardware and will work from a solid state disk . it should have way to communicate over standard tcp/ip over ethernet and some simple webserver and MC , bash with most commands and telnet and ftp etc.

    GUI as Gnome and KDE and Xfree etc not needed

    any suggestions?


    otto

  2. #2
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    1

    Damn Small Linux

    Hi,
    maybe you should check "DSL" (Damn Small Linux). It's about 50MB and it HAS a GUI.


    http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
    http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?res...view-damnsmall

    Hope this helps.

    Christian

  3. #3
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Basel, Switzerland
    Posts
    31
    Well the this one I did try, but it is somehow still too big and complex. I dont need any GUI, this takes just too much space. I would need a rather complete bash with most internal and external commands, MC, and support for TCP/IP network, FTP and DHCP client, and some small webserver for some tests.
    No need for multimedia, graphics, games, GUI, offie and other similar things.

    DSL seems also to be somehow complicated to opereate, bash does not understand me or I does not understand the bash, well something more stright forward would be more useful for me.

  4. #4
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Long Island, NY USA
    Posts
    1,510
    I have made a custom slax LiveCD for you. If you are not familiar with Slax, then check out this article Linux.com | Review: Slax 5.0.6.

    First I started with slax-5.0.6.iso 178MB which is the KDE GUI slax LiveCD. I booted my test PC with it. Then I downloaded slax-frodo-5.0.6.iso 47MB which is described as "the console base for all other SLAX releases. It doesn't contain almost anything, only full working Linux command prompt and drivers." That sounds like something you might want. So I decided to use the frodo edition as the base and add some packages to fit the functionality you wanted. I mounted the ISO image and then copied the files to a 'newroot' directory. I downloaded the apache, vim, screen modules. I downloaded the mc slackware 10.1 package from a slackware mirror. I made a .MO module from the TGZ file & then removed the TGZ file. Then I made a new ISO.

    The commands went something like this:
    Code:
    cd /mnt/hda1
    mkdir newroot
    wget 'http://ftp.tiscali.be/pub/slax/SLAX-5.0.x/special-editions/slax-frodo-5.0.6.iso'
    mkdir original
    mount -t iso9660 -o loop,ro slax-frodo-5.0.6.iso original
    cd newroot
    cp -Rp ../original/* ./
    cd modules
    wget http://ftp.tiscali.be/pub/slax/SLAX-...rver_1_3_33.mo
    wget http://ftp.tiscali.be/pub/slax/SLAX-...creen_4_0_2.mo
    wget http://ftp.tiscali.be/pub/slax/SLAX-...Vim_6_3_078.mo
    wget http://slackware.mirrors.pair.com/sl...6.0-i486-4.tgz
    tgz2mo mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz mc-4.6.0-i486-4.mo
    rm *tgz
    cd ..
    ./make_iso.sh /mnt/hda1/slax-frodo-5.0.6-Apache-mc.iso
    umount /mnt/hda1/original
    Then I used KDE's Konqueror to copy it to my PC with a burner. Then I burned it & booted off of it. I logged in as root and then started the ssh daemon & the apache httpd daemon.
    Code:
    cd /etc/rc.d
    chmod 755 rc.sshd
    ./rc.sshd start
    chmod 755 rc.httpd
    ./rc.httpd start
    http://www.virtualacuity.com/james/o...-Apache-mc.iso 56MB
    md5sum c94593dc7e6db716ddcabf974aa59667

    I hope this helps you.
    James

  5. #5
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Basel, Switzerland
    Posts
    31
    Many thanks, I am just going to test it all

    otto

  6. #6
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Basel, Switzerland
    Posts
    31
    Ver ynice, first test very positive, can make connection to my networkdevices, transfer files and all looks as this will work fnie for me.

    thanks very much , I have not so big knowledge of linux yet, but I see that I have to learn here more to be able to create my own sets like this one.

    otto¨

  7. #7
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Basel, Switzerland
    Posts
    31
    >http://slackware.mirrors.pair.com/sl...6.0-i486-4.tgz <

    when I try this , I am getting the tar archive, can I use it the same way as the tgz? or how do I do tgz from it?

    otto

  8. #8
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Long Island, NY USA
    Posts
    1,510
    They are not in tar but are gzipped tar files. The webbrowser or download agent is automatically g-unzipping the TGZ file into a TAR file. You should use a different web browser or use the command wget to download a TGZ file. In the commands below, I use 'wget' to download the mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz and then use the 'file' command to get a description of its format.
    Code:
    james@test-machine /home/james
    $ mkdir temp
    
    james@test-machine /home/james
    $ cd temp
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ wget http://slackware.mirrors.pair.com/sl...6.0-i486-4.tgz
    --09:53:20--  http://slackware.mirrors.pair.com/sl...6.0-i486-4.tgz
               => `mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz'
    Connecting to 192.168.1.102:80... connected.
    Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 1,776,619 [application/x-tar]
    
    100%[====================================>] 1,776,619      5.20M/s
    
    09:53:20 (5.20 MB/s) - `mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz' saved [1776619/1776619]
    
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ file mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz
    mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz: gzip compressed data, was "mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tar", from Unix,  max compression
    Then to generate the MO file:
    Code:
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ tgz2mo mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz
    If you do not want to use wget or want to change browsers, then you can just g-zip up the TAR file into a TAR.GZ, then rename it to TGZ.
    Code:
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ ls
    mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ gunzip mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ ls
    mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tar
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ gzip mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tar
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ ls
    mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tar.gz
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ mv mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tar.gz mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz
    
    james@test-machine /home/james/temp
    $ tgz2mo mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz

  9. #9
    Member registered user
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Posts
    57
    LNX-BBC (bootable business card) is less than 50MB and starts in command-line mode:
    http://www.lnx-bbc.org/

    Puppy Linux is less than 60MB but boots into a GUI:
    http://www.goosee.com/puppy/

  10. #10

    ...

    .......

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. small gui linux only with dosbox
    By sotris99 in forum Other Live CDs
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 05-11-2007, 03:00 PM
  2. damn small linux problem
    By fatso in forum General Support
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 03-18-2006, 10:00 PM
  3. Small remastering help needed
    By Godji in forum Customising & Remastering
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 07-17-2004, 04:56 PM
  4. Remasting from damn small linux
    By firepunk in forum Customising & Remastering
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 08-09-2003, 04:40 AM
  5. Damn Small linux and RDesktop???
    By Leg0z in forum Customising & Remastering
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 05-22-2003, 10:32 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


IBM Power8 S822L Storage Server 8247-22L - With Ram, Some Cards, No HDD's picture

IBM Power8 S822L Storage Server 8247-22L - With Ram, Some Cards, No HDD's

$399.95



IBM SYSTEM X3500 M3 SERVER 7380AC1 2*XEON E5620 2.4GHz 8GB SEE NOTES picture

IBM SYSTEM X3500 M3 SERVER 7380AC1 2*XEON E5620 2.4GHz 8GB SEE NOTES

$33.21



IBM 8284-22A S822 Dual Power8 Cpu 512Gb (16x 32Gb) RAM  picture

IBM 8284-22A S822 Dual Power8 Cpu 512Gb (16x 32Gb) RAM

$795.00



IBM Lenovo X3650 M5 2U 8x 2.5” CTO Rack Server – 2x HS, 2x 750W picture

IBM Lenovo X3650 M5 2U 8x 2.5” CTO Rack Server – 2x HS, 2x 750W

$199.00



IBM Power S822 12-Bay Server System Power8 Core 3.42Ghz DVD-Rom Drive 64GB No HD picture

IBM Power S822 12-Bay Server System Power8 Core 3.42Ghz DVD-Rom Drive 64GB No HD

$399.99



IBM x3650 M4 2x Xeon E5-2670 2.6ghz 16-Core / 64GB / M5110e / 2x PSU picture

IBM x3650 M4 2x Xeon E5-2670 2.6ghz 16-Core / 64GB / M5110e / 2x PSU

$129.99



IBM Power S822 8284-22A 12SFF Power8 3.89GHz 6-Core 64GB RAM No Bezel/HDD Server picture

IBM Power S822 8284-22A 12SFF Power8 3.89GHz 6-Core 64GB RAM No Bezel/HDD Server

$359.99



IBM X3650 M5 5462-AC1,2 X E5-2640V3 2.6GHZ 8C, 16 GB, DUAL 750W, 2 X 1TB SERVER picture

IBM X3650 M5 5462-AC1,2 X E5-2640V3 2.6GHZ 8C, 16 GB, DUAL 750W, 2 X 1TB SERVER

$249.99



IBM 8203 E4A p520 Server 8203-E4A 4.2GHz 2-Core POWER6 32GB RAM / NO HDD USED picture

IBM 8203 E4A p520 Server 8203-E4A 4.2GHz 2-Core POWER6 32GB RAM / NO HDD USED

$119.99



IBM System X 3250 M5 Single Xeon Quad Core E3-1220 v3 @3.1GHz,8GB RAM,Linux SUSE picture

IBM System X 3250 M5 Single Xeon Quad Core E3-1220 v3 @3.1GHz,8GB RAM,Linux SUSE

$199.87