serge_moscou staggered into the Black Sun and said:
> I'd like to create a small home file server basd on linux, very
> simple, no X. It should have Samba, mc and probably wifi capability.
> But what should I install? That's a problem; modern distros are huge
> with G of software which I don't need.
>
> If somebody knows [of] a distribution (less than say 500 mb, which is
> already huge for my purposes)

Get a distro like Debian that has a net-install CD (about 100M). Use
that, then apt-get install the packages you need. If your hardware's
recent, you'll want Testing, otherwise you'l want Stable. You may have
to compile a custom kernel and/or use ndiswrapper, depending on which
chipset your 802.11bg card has.

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serge_moscou wrote:

> hello
>
> I'd like to create a small home file server basd on linux
> , very simple, no X etc. It should have samba, mc and probably
>
> wifi capability. Any way it sould be really simple. But what
> should I install that's a problem for modern distros are huge with gig's
> of software which I don't need.
>
> If somebody knows a server distribution (less than say 500 mb, which is
> already huge for my purposes)
> or could orient me towards the right thing that would be great
>
> Thank you very much

If memory size is what you are worried about then take a look at NASlite+
from www.serverelements.com. Enough said.


bobmct