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On 11/02/11 18:38, Paul Sutton wrote:
hi ideas wanted please on how to do thisi was thinking as this is going to be too low spec to run anything graphicalIf we install a hard disk and a basic debian along with a cd / dvd recorder could we use it to create copies of ubuntu or what ever from isowhat we would need is a script to ask user to inset blank cd-r mount this cd give user a list of isos to choose from user selects and a cd is made to suit, as in iso burned to cd cd unmounts cd ejects script exitsit was possible to create nice menus in ms dos, now given shells are far more powerful than dos was i am sure its possible.ok its more complex than that but i am sure someone here can come up with something that would workhowever if we can make use of as many computers as possible than that is a good thing ehjust an idea, paul
Hi Try Damn Small Linux http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ and Puppy Linux http://puppylinux.org/main/Overview%20and%20Getting%20Started.htm Both have a GUI and are very small.In effect 256 Mb is quite a lot of RAM and there are quite a few linux distros designed to have a very small foot print.
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