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[Member ptoye]

I’m totally new to Antix (and very rusty on *nix in general – last used it in about 2000).

Already I have a problem. I want to try it out on a ancient laptop which won’t boot from a USB stick and doesn’t have a DVD reader. According to the Antix FAQ the base distro fits onto a CD. But it doesn’t – 836MB! How do I get a suitable distro that I can boot from CD?

Peter

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Welcome.

antiX-19.1-base does fit on a cd.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-linux/files/Final/antiX-19/

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[Member ptoye]

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Thanks. I’ve found it way down the list. I just used the top one in the (alphabetical) list. I’ve no idea what “runit” and “sid” are. They don’t seem to be mentioned in the FAQ page.
Burning the CD now.

Peter

[Member seaken64]

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I’ve been successful using Plop Boot Manager to boot from USB. Here:
https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html

I’ve also been successful pulling the hard drive and installing from another computer that does support USB or DVD and then re-install the HD.

You could also use the Net or Core versions and build up from there.

Seaken64

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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ptoye wrote:

Thanks. I’ve found it way down the list. I just used the top one in the (alphabetical) list. I’ve no idea what “runit” and “sid” are. They don’t seem to be mentioned in the FAQ page.
Burning the CD now.

Regarding your questions:

1) runit is an alternative system initialization (init) alternative; sysinitv is the default for antiX; Debian has been using systemd. These are three of the many different init subsystems available.

2) Sid is the code name for the “unstable” Debian repositories. The name Sid comes from the Toy Story movie series; Sid is an energetic, arguably “unstable” child who enjoys putting firecrackers and other explosives on toys.

Woody and Buzz Lightyear – two of the many names you’ll see in Debian release names, are two of the characters commonly found in the Toy Story movies.

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[Member ptoye]

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Ah – I never saw Toy Story – too old 🙁

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[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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I’m retired myself, but I had my children in my forties and I also have a few young nieces and nephews so I have seen quite a few cartoons and movies aimed at the young generation.

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