Need a simple linux

Daniel Kaplan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like to
> :
>
> install linux
> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
> install perl modules
> run the http server
>
> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>
> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install apps
> seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out there that I
> can run on my machine?
>
> Thanks ahead,
>
>
You did not mentioned what kind of processor you have in your machine.
How much space in you HD do you have?
You want perl and http only?
Does your machine have a floppy?
Do you need usb support?


I am sure you will get a lot of responses regarding different small
distros easy to install. I have been using a floppy distribution called
Freesco that comes in a floppy and its based on Slackware. It comes with
an http server but you can easily add apache as a web server and also
you could easily as well add perl. The best part is the support, Freesco
has one of the best support groups out there.

Good luck in your quest

"Nemesio" <eltuercas RemoveThis @elmachete.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:Xp2Xi.172292$1y4.119735@pd7urf2no...
> You did not mentioned what kind of processor you have in your machine.
> How much space in you HD do you have?
> You want perl and http only?
> Does your machine have a floppy?
> Do you need usb support?


it's a pentium II, 350mhz .... i need nothing fancy at all....support wise.

Daniel Kaplan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like to
> :
>
> install linux
> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
> install perl modules
> run the http server
>
> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>
> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install apps
> seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out there that I
> can run on my machine?
>
> Thanks ahead,
>
>
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

the whole thing RUNS never mind installs in 128Mb or RAM and needs all
the processing power of a 486.

Daniel Kaplan wrote:
> "Nemesio" <eltuercas RemoveThis @elmachete.dyndns.org> wrote in message
> news:Xp2Xi.172292$1y4.119735@pd7urf2no...
>> You did not mentioned what kind of processor you have in your machine.
>> How much space in you HD do you have?
>> You want perl and http only?
>> Does your machine have a floppy?
>> Do you need usb support?

> it's a pentium II, 350mhz .... i need nothing fancy at all....support wise.

I ran RH5 thru RH8 on a machine like that with 10GB HD and with full KDE
graphics that came with those distributions. The difference was the PII @ 333MHz.

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On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:28:46 -0400, Daniel Kaplan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like
> to :
>
> install linux
> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
> install perl modules
> run the http server
>
> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>
> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install
> apps seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out
> there that I can run on my machine?
>
> Thanks ahead,

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:28:46 -0400, Daniel Kaplan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like to
> :
>
> install linux
> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
> install perl modules
> run the http server
>
> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>
> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install apps
> seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out there that I
> can run on my machine?

Slackware.


--
"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

Daniel Kaplan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like to
> :
>
> install linux
> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
> install perl modules
> run the http server
>
> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>
> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install apps
> seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out there that I
> can run on my machine?
>
> Thanks ahead,
>
>

Hi,

Puppy Linux
http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1

or Feather Linux would do the trick too
http://featherlinux.berlios.de/

On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:28:46 -0400, Daniel Kaplan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like
> to :
>
> install linux
> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
> install perl modules
> run the http server
>
> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>
> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install
> apps seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out
> there that I can run on my machine?
>
> Thanks ahead,

Since you don't need a GUI, then just about any Linux distro will do even
on a 350MHz 128MB system. The only problem you might have is with a
distro with a GUI installer. Find a distro that has the option or by
default is a "text-based" install: Slackware and Debian come immediately
to mind.

Stef

In linux.redhat.install Stefan Patric <tootek2 RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> Since you don't need a GUI, then just about any Linux distro will do even
> on a 350MHz 128MB system. The only problem you might have is with a
> distro with a GUI installer. Find a distro that has the option or by
> default is a "text-based" install: Slackware and Debian come immediately
> to mind.

I did a RedHat installation on a 300MHz machine with 256MB of RAM.
I did the installation without the GUI. I recall that it was just "linux
text" at the boot prompt. You cold also install at 640x480 with the "linux
lowres" option.

If there is less than 192MB of RAM, it should chose the non-GUI install by
default.


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Daniel Kaplan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like to
> :
>
> install linux
> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
> install perl modules
> run the http server
>
> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>
> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install apps
> seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out there that I
> can run on my machine?
>
> Thanks ahead,
>
>
Most modern Linux installs come with a GUI installed by default. Most
of them allow the user to modify the /etc/inittab file (do so at your
own risk) to not start up the GUI.

From there everything can be broken down into smaller tasks.

1) Firewall (iptables) configuration.
2) Installation of perl and modules.
3) Choose and install an http server (Apache is the most common).

In essence you want to create a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and perl
instead of PHP) server with custom firewall rules. You may want to
consider some of the dedicated LAMP servers found on freshmeat or
sourceforge.

Later
Mike

Stefan Patric wrote:

> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:28:46 -0400, Daniel Kaplan wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have no real linux experience when it comes to installs. I would like
>> to :
>>
>> install linux
>> setup up a very narrow field of acceptable IPs that are allowed in.
>> install perl modules
>> run the http server
>>
>> I do NOT need to run any Linux Desktop GUI.
>>
>> My problem is that my junk machine has only 128mb. Most Linux install
>> apps seem to want more. Anyone aquainted with any Linux install out
>> there that I can run on my machine?
>>
>> Thanks ahead,
>
> Since you don't need a GUI, then just about any Linux distro will do even
> on a 350MHz 128MB system. The only problem you might have is with a
> distro with a GUI installer. Find a distro that has the option or by
> default is a "text-based" install: Slackware and Debian come immediately
> to mind.
>
> Stef

The ubuntu server installation CD should give one the ability to install a
LAMP system without a GUI .. ie. run headless.

Cheers.

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