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From: Dave Farrance on 20 Apr 2008 07:01
What's the best small linux distro for booting up very quickly to a text
console on a very old and slow PC, that can be installed with no
X-server, and has a reasonably generous set of linux commands?

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From: Tony van der Hoff on 20 Apr 2008 07:29
On 20 Apr at 12:01 Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>
wrote in message <br7m049eliq9osl9jf5uclrr66ik8dnsno(a)4ax.com>

> What's the best small linux distro for booting up very quickly to a text
> console on a very old and slow PC, that can be installed with no X-server,
> and has a reasonably generous set of linux commands?
>

Personally, I use http://ltsp.org/, for just such a job. It can be
configured to boot up in text mode. You can then throw away your legacy
disc, and enjoy the full command set on your server. As always, YMMV.

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From: Gordon Henderson on 20 Apr 2008 08:03
In article <br7m049eliq9osl9jf5uclrr66ik8dnsno(a)4ax.com>,
Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:
>What's the best small linux distro for booting up very quickly to a text
>console on a very old and slow PC, that can be installed with no
>X-server, and has a reasonably generous set of linux commands?

I don't know what the best (that's very subjective), but Debian has no
problems installing text only, and you get - well, everything..

Gordon
From: Whiskers on 20 Apr 2008 09:08
On 2008-04-20, Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:
> What's the best small linux distro for booting up very quickly to a text
> console on a very old and slow PC, that can be installed with no
> X-server, and has a reasonably generous set of linux commands?

I think all distros can be used without installing or running X; some have
a 'server' option in the installation routine which will make that the
default set-up. "Core" claims to be a minimal installation to which
additional 'stuff' can be added as required to create a thoroughly
customised set-up, and to be suitable for old PCs (i386).

Play with <http://distrowatch.com/search.php> :))

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From: Will Kemp on 20 Apr 2008 09:37
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:01:15 +0000, Dave Farrance wrote:

> What's the best small linux distro for booting up very quickly to a text
> console on a very old and slow PC, that can be installed with no
> X-server, and has a reasonably generous set of linux commands?

Slackware's good for light installs.

But even the latest Fedora should work for you - depending on what your
exact specs are. Fedora offers the option of text-only installation.


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