[Novalug] Recommend a bacteria-sized server OS?

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Thu Apr 26 15:33:29 EDT 2012


You can build a reasonably small system by simply installing only the 
core packages from CentOS, plus what else you want. But don't forget to 
install RPM...or else you get a chicken and egg problem.

You can also mount /usr (and probably /boot) read-only on all your VMs 
but one...where you do your yum updates.

JIM

On 4/20/2012 7:51 AM, John Atkeson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to create a handful of Linux virtual machines to do
> network experiments within one real computer.
>
> Even one VM is pretty resource-hungry, so the ideal guest OS would be
> little more than a bash shell with these features:
>
> GCC
> A persistent hard-drive install that mounts on boot (not stuck in live
> CD amnesia mode)
> Basic network support (could run Apache and friends if needed).
> Availability to install common standard packages such as Wget, SSH etc.
> Dinky RAM and HD footprint!
> (Bonus) already a VHD, no install needed.
>
> I'm trying TinyCore linux and Damn Small Linux, but both are live CDs,
> and both have GUI issues that don't play well with VirtualBox.  I
> don't need a GUI.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> John
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