Re: ISO hoster wanted

[Stefan Reich <stefan.reich.maker.of.eye@...>]

> A basic linux install can come in at under 2MB. I cannot imagine
> adding lua, java + X server or similar would increase it beyond even
> 100MB....

Well - do you only think (=dream) that or have you really checked?
You're welcome to produce a working Linux in 100 MB if you think that
is possible. Things might be a lot larger than you think, especially
if you use recent software. All the "mini" distros I tried  are either
extremely outdated (DSL) or kinda suck in various ways. so I went with
Knoppix which actually works and has a good feel to it, overall.

Here's a list of the largest packages in the Lua OS CD (uncompressed size in K):

linux-image-2.6.39.3                              	81202
openjdk-6-jre-headless                            	78224
chromium                                          	67584
libgl1-mesa-dri                                   	49960
vim-runtime                                       	25416
libgtk2.0-common                                  	21484
libflite1                                         	19816
xulrunner-1.9.1                                   	19092
libc6-dev                                         	18536
libicu44                                          	18336
perl-modules                                      	15856
gcc-4.6                                           	15412
chromium-l10n                                     	15028
libgs8                                            	14672
gnome-icon-theme                                  	13876
binutils                                          	13660
perl                                              	13172

So yeah. The Linux image alone is 81 MB. I left in Chrome because it
sucks not to have a browser IMO. And a Lua browser is still some way
off... :p

There are a couple of obvious improvement candidates of course.
vim-runtime may surely be replaced by good old standard vi (does that
still exist? :)).

Well then. Feel free to master your own CD. The size race is open!

-Stefan

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com> wrote:
> On 7 September 2011 03:41, Stefan Reich
> <stefan.reich.maker.of.eye@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi guys -
>>
>> I'm looking for a web hoster that can handle ISOs. Total size 3 GB or
>> so. (Right now, 1 GB will suffice.)
>>
>> SourceForge might do it through their FRS (file release system), but
>> that is REALLY buggy in my experience. If an upload is interrupted,
>> the mirrors will mirror the broken file - and after that, not accept
>> any corrected versions. Had that a couple times and stopped using FRS
>> altogether.
>>
>> I managed to upload it to SourceForge web, but they actually have a
>> size limit in the web server and tell you to use FRS instead.
>>
>> So, to cut a long story short - are there any hosting options out
>> there that we can use?
>>
>> (Oh, and yes, this means that I am making Lua OS ISOs. They already
>> work. Live and with HD install! =))
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>
> I'm very interested in how you have such a big image already....
> A basic linux install can come in at under 2MB. I cannot imagine
> adding lua, java + X server or similar would increase it beyond even
> 100MB....
>
> D
>