Re: Any Apps To Help Slim SlackWare Down? On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:05:43 GMT, Pete <nospam@nospam.f--> wrote:
Sorry - Should have said ZipSlack not SlackWare...
>I have a little project going where I have slimmed down Slackware to
>just below 20MB (on disk) to go onto a very specific laptop. A lot of
>this has been done by linking to a full busybox and removing obviously
>un-needed drivers.
>
>Being quite new to Linux I have gotten it as far down as I can without
>reading up on every single driver that comes with slackware.
>
>I now need a way of identifying every component that is loaded,
>linked or required so that I can start removing any drivers or modules
>that are never used.
>
>Are there any standalone consol apps that will create a text file
>listing everything loaded or running?
>
>Basically I'm trying to retrofit a very small slackware to copy onto a
>fat drive in as few floppies as possible that has disk access (inc
>USB) and network services. I know there are already some slim linuxes
>but they often won't work well on this laptop without recompiling
>etc... AND I'm having a lot of fun learning this way round...
>
>Any ideas for an app that will detect loaded modules, drivers, etc
>would be appreciated.
>
>Pete |