Re: Looking for compact MP3 enabled distributuon

From: Tzafrir Cohen (tzafrir_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Mon 24 May 2004 - 16:38:06 IDT


On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 01:54:07PM +0200, Hyams Iftach wrote:
> Nice carpentry.
> Console mode is fine (freshmeat give > 10 MP3 players, some
> of them interactive).
> The problem is during installation - most distro's need 32MB
> even for text mode install. As you remember, mine has 16.

Install that distro on a different computer, boot the computer from a
rescue floppy with minimal network support (e.g: Tom's RootBoot) ,
create partitions, and copy the installed system using:

  tar clf -. | nc laptop_ip 11111

  nc -l -p 11111 | tar xpf -

(or any similar method)

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