From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLj91-0005p5-PH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:09:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED381E0AAE; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:09:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E1CE0AAE for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:09:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B321EC7E01 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:38 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=Wn8w+gLBE0VQS1QM47xd2w3YhGk=; b=reir0osA7mf0U5i0qPqfKNoHNRS5lM23rC47EfJohfdJ6eHPfzpSK5c4vtn2sHnK9CNyjem8uqn1yTfOi903VgV+EjLE1C2Q6Qk6QarzHMTEWULQYvGKa+sZu5KQAAw6TQXJhuklFDnnfNq4L4PR4lhp7cwaTa0UZLXQ75zMlRA= X-Sasl-enc: emcBoaTirAMksaRLmds1yFxbqC9SNCfqA8g8AU0Vxdk5 1261166978 Received: from [192.168.31.12] (cpe-069-134-183-088.nc.res.rr.com [69.134.183.88]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 61F5F4B3181 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Preparing a laptop for sale From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4B2BC7E9.9060608@gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10912161049v3768a3f8m60dddbae4b8777b@mail.gmail.com> <15719e8b0912161154o6f634c9bk6b1f9e3f9204ac20@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10912180908x6fa39920k7048c718a16a018b@mail.gmail.com> <4B2BC7E9.9060608@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:37 -0500 Message-ID: <1261166977.10620.3.camel@centar> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 948d0121-ecb5-4cfc-a8d4-c68105fd297a X-Archives-Hash: 165923814474b72bdf2a168f269db5e5 On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 12:20 -0600, Dale wrote: > Wouldn't Knoppix work? I'm pretty sure it has the dd command and I > know > you can install Gentoo from it. Since there are some versions of > Knoppis that would fit on a CD, I would see if one of those would fit > on > the 512Mb thingy. > > Damn Small Linux may be a option too. Not sure about installing from > it > tho. I guess the network and stuff would work from it. > > Just some thoughts. > > Dale I recommend RipLinux. It's easy to install on a stick and you don't even need to reformat/remove what's already on it. And it fits snug in a 100MB directory. It also makes for a great "rescue" partition on your HDD.