Linux or BSD on tiny HD?

[David J Patrick]

Steve wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've got a spare computer that I want to install either linux or BSD
>onto. Thing is it only has 540MB (yes, 1/2 Gig) hard drive (but it's
>got 192MB RAM thankfully). I basically want a light-weight distro just
>to play around with (still learning linux).
>
Damn Small Linux !
http://damnsmalllinux.org/
small (<50 meg) live CD with options for HD install.
run from CD, HD, USB, ethernet.
based on knoppix/debian, comes with good (small) application 
environment, a repository of one-click-install apps and, of course, 
apt-get anything else you want. It rocks !

or

SLAX
slackware based live CD that can be installed to CD.
10 x larger than DSL, but hey, it'll fit ! barely..
http://slax.linux-live.org/doc_install.php#inst2disk

djp
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