We resume the Genbeta Answer after just over a year, and we do respond to the question by Javier , which is:
[...]For technical reasons right now my computer has 512 MB of hard drive, call it something, and I searched Linux distribution that does not take up more of that size. Slax, PuppyLinux, CrunchBang … but then installation size exceeds 512. I need only a browser, like Chrome OS is involved. But I find nothing .[...]
The solution is a distribution made specifically to be minimal: Damn Small Linux ( DSL ), Spanish that translated to mean damn Small Linux. And yes it is, because its size is minimal at all: only takes 50 MB . And despite being so light, is perfectly functional , the level of a common operating system.
DSL includes two browsers , Firefox and Dillo, a file manager, a mail reader and RSS , a word processor, a viewer PDF , a media player , and many more things that I will not name because it would make an endless list. It also includes a fully graphical and intuitive, so that will not have much difficulty in handle . It also has the possibility of settling in the disk as a normal Debian system, which, yes, probably occupies a little over 50 MB.
As for installation, depending on where you want to boot. If we start from a disk, we’ll just burn the image ISO they give us a blank CD, and boot the USB . The plot thickens a bit if we start from a key USB . Instead, you should follow any of the methods they bring to their website, although some require a little care since they will manage partitions, and a confusion in a letter might make your hard drive were to take wind . There is a method that requires no partition, which is what I put below:
- Mount Image ISO in a single directory ( sudo mount [path to ISO file] [directory where you want to ride]-o loop ) and copy all files to the USB key
- Move all files that are in the directory boot / isolinux the USB to the root of it, and rename the file to syslinux.cfg isolinux.cfg.
- Dismount the disk, install SYSLINUX on the corresponding partition ( sudo syslinux / dev / [partition] ) and make it bootable. To do this you need to run sudo fdisk / dev / [partition] , press ‘a’ and choose the partition 1, and press ‘w’ to save changes .
OJO : Be careful what you choose partition. The best way to know what the the USB is to connect and run dmesg | tail . There appears the last device USB connected, which is the type sdX. The partition normally be first, so your partition will SDX1.
Having done all this, you’re ready to start DSL to your computer . Connect the memory USB to the PC and pluck. Please start DSL probably have to change the configuration of the BIOS to boot from USB . In some BIOS , there is also the Boot Selection Popup, where you can choose from where to start.
Well, that’s all. We hope you have been helpful, and you know, if you have any questions that you may believe it can also serve others, is not what you think and Let us know via the contact form or our twitter , @ genbeta.
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