Re: Compact Linux distro for primarily pkgsrc based installation

[Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:09:27AM -0500, Peter Lai wrote:
> The Arch Linux ISO is 784MB. The main issue with any sort of minimal
> linux install is that at minimum a gcc toolchain, binutils and a way
> to get an initial pkgsrc tree onto the box (e.g. curl and any deps for
> it) is required to bootstrap pkgsrc.

Native binary installation for these deps should be ok, I guess, as long
as the platform provides them in the repos.

> I'm assuming you don't want to do all the building on the physical TTY
> console; most minimal linux base installs (even the CentOS one) don't
> even come with sshd.

Right. What about Arch Linux ISO you mentioned, does it come with sshd?

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Mayuresh