I gave Damm Small Linux a try today. I’ve heard it before but this article makes me decided to try it out.
There are many ways to boot DSL, CD, USB, or from a host OS, as I’m still concerning the many old PCs that can’t boot from USB, I decided to give the embeded version a try. That is, boot from a host OS.
The package comes with a binary qemu for Linux and a binary for windows, and scripts to start them. I modified the Linux script a little bit to use my FreeBSD version of qemu from the ports tree. It starts smoothly. However, on my CY1.7 box with 1G memory, it is painful slow. I also tried it on another 866 notebook running win2K, slow too.
I don’t think it fits my needs as a movable platform to maintain my servers, plus it doesn’t have Emacs in its package system. So I decided to give it up.
But it is a good idea to have something with familiar interface with me. Today I learned some 1G USB key costs me only 199 RMB (around $25). I think I’ll get one when more PCs could boot from USB and the USB keys get cheaper. I could make a live FreeBSD with me, there are already some tools in the ports tree.
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