[ale] Linux rescue CD

[larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com (Larry Johnson)]

>
> This is good but it is giving me problems on older harder.  I'm trying
> to boot a system with only 128M of memory and the CD uses most of that.
> I'm also having problems on the VIA-RHINE II in the system with very
> high packet loss.  I've pulled it off the Cisco and put it on a generic
> switch and I still experience the same problem.  Not sure if it is
> related to the lack of memory or driver issues.   I can not boot Ubuntu
> because I do not have enough memory.  Any smaller rescue systems?   I do
> have the BBC but that last saw an update in 2003.
>
>
>
It isn't specifically a rescue disk (and may lack some diagnostic tools) but
have you tried Damned Small Linux.  It's at
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

Larry


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