Small bootable distro wanted.

CP · 04-19-2003, 03:24 AM

I'm looking for a distro that I can put onto a CD or a floppy and then install a program so I can do some memory and CPU stress testing. I was going to get Knoppix but I really want to do it today, and its going to take a wee while to download 700MB. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could use?
Cheers
CP

**thpook** · 04-19-2003, 09:28 PM

try damnsmalllinux

it is knoppix based, but only a 50mb download.

[ftp=ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/]ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/[/ftp]

04-20-2003, 07:55 AM

The gentoo livecd in experimental right now has memtest kernel and various stuff to stress test your setup - it's a 100meg download or so.

**ifred** · 04-26-2003, 03:06 AM

From the FAQ:

1) tomsrtbt is
"The most GNU/Linux on one floppy disk"
for: rescue recovery panic & emergencies
tools to keep in your shirt pockets
whenever you can't use a hard drive
Tomsrtbt stands for:
"Tom's floppy which has a root filesystem and is also bootable."

http://www.toms.net/rb/