I have this as small I can stand it for my use. http://mail.franklin.k12.al.us/slimstation.iso
I think this may be fruitful - but the best would be if we could get Klaus K interested too. As I see it, much of what he has been doing has been either compatible with or directly useful for such an approach.
Klaus K has indicated he is working on 7.0.4 now, so maybe a new release isn't that far away. For my own part, I would like to use that as the starting point. Eventually providing input for him on possible adaptations in the next releases thereafter.
I think minirt init would need minimal adaptation for this approach - the only thing I personally would modify, is to provide support for either cloop or squashfs. (This is written on a system running remastered 7.0.3 with squashfs.)
I think the idea of a rather small basic KNOPPIX image is a good one. (Or maybe rather a few alternatives for the basic image.) There are always problems cramming in more in a DVD size image, and they would be greatly relieved if most basics were cared for in the KNOPPIX(.sq) image. Of course we don't have to stick to a 4GB max file size, but I have found that practical.
With wishful thinking, we could imagine (DVD size - 1.5GB) KNOPPIX2 images available for download, which could then be expanded and repackaged. A few users might also have need for a KNOPPIX3 image, but that would rather be the exception, I think.
Last edited by Capricorny; 08-24-2012 at 10:48 PM.
I have this as small I can stand it for my use. http://mail.franklin.k12.al.us/slimstation.iso
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