On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Michael Hicks wrote: > > Or, if you're bored, have some shell programming skills, and know how to > > use `which', `ldd', and `strip', you can roll your own (`man init' would > > be the place to start). Of course, considering that you only have 4MB > > of RAM, you might want to ditch bash as a shell and go with something a > > little smaller. To which Kevin replied: > If you're going to do it this way, I would highly recommend looking at > busybox (search for it on freshmeat). It provides over a hundred of the > standard *nix utils (IIRC), including init and sh. It was originally > written for the Debian installer, but obviously has more general > applications. Thanks for all the ideas! I'm considering using DOS but after playing with Debian last night I think I can make it fit. I've got Slink 2.1, running kernel 2.0.38 or something really old. There's a low memory bootdisk image for systems with 2 MB RAM, I might try that tonight. I'm also considering "rolling my own". I guess I'll just try some of this stuff and see what works best. While I want this laptop to be functional, I also want to have fun getting it that way. Installing DOS is something I do every day at work, it's time for a new challenge. -Brian