Minimal YDL install on 2-GB hard drive

[Norberto Quintanar]

Unless you really need Mac OS, you can install YDL 3.0 without it. 
Or get a biger hard drive.  


--- Clinton MacDonald <clint.macdonald@ttuhsc.edu> wrote:
> Friends:
> 
> I recently obtained a 1998 "PowerBook G3 Series" (otherwise known
> as 
> "Wallstreet"; 233 MHz G3 processor, 256 MB of RAM, 12.1 inch 800 x
> 600 
> pixel screen). It has a 2-GB hard drive. How can I install a
> minimal, 
> but functional version of Linux on it? What strategy should I use
> to 
> achieve a 1-GB installation?
> 
> The Wallstreet seems to be an "Old World" machine. I created a
> minimal 
> 300 MB HFS partition for the Mac OS 9.1 installation, which went 
> smoothly. I cut the swap space back to 256 MB (is that enough?)
> That 
> left me 1520 MB of unallocated space for YDL. The YDL FAQ 
> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/faq/drive_space.shtml>
> states 
> that the following are required:
> 
> Personal Desktop: 1,901MB
> Workstation: 2,258MB
> Server: 855MB
> 
> By being very, very judicious in selecting packages during 
> installation, I was able to pare the size to about 1550 MB -- so
> close! 
> I really need to get the size down to around 1 GB, to leave enough
> room 
> for actual files. :-)
> 
> I only want a few systems on this computer -- basically, I want a 
> "writer's box" to run OpenOffice (or any WYSIWYG word processor
> that 
> can read and write RTF files). I am a fan of GUIs, but I could
> learn to 
> run some of the basics from a commandline. Therefore, I need:
> 
> [] OpenOffice.org (or something else? Abiword? K-something?)
> [] a simple bibliographic program similar to Endnote (there might
> be 
> one bundled with OO.o)
> [] SSH (incoming and outgoing) to transfer files and run a few 
> commandline utilities
> [] a GUI file manager
> [] power-management utilities for the PowerBook
> [] anything else?
> 
> I would appreciate the ability to login to a streamlined version of
> KDE 
> or Gnome, but if you can recommend alternatives, that would be
> great. I 
> probably *don't* need Web servers, high security, development
> tools, 
> music players, games, multiple themes and so on.
> 
> What do you recommend? Thanks!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint
> 
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