Smaller than 4.3GB?

[YoungGun21]

I have a couple very old, very small HDDs that are between 3.6GB and 4.3GB, I was hoping to find an OS small enough to install on them. Ubuntu asks for 4.6+GB. Any ideas?

 

[lxskllr]

I know Ubuntu 10.04 will fit in 4gb, but you could try Xubuntu 11.04. That should fit, and I like Xfce better than Unity anyway. You could also use Debian, or one of the tiny distros like Puppy or SliTaz.

 

[Paperlantern]

I know Ubuntu 10.04 will fit in 4gb, but you could try Xubuntu 11.04. That should fit, and I like Xfce better than Unity anyway. You could also use Debian, or one of the tiny distros like Puppy or SliTaz.

I would second Puppy, its quite compact, as well as memory efficient. Also depends on the hardware you are coupling with the HDD, will it be equally as ancient.

Ironically enough i just found a 6.4 GB drive laying in my shop... I was testing a bunch of IDE drives to see if they would be worth keeping... the 6.4GB drive failed... into the recycle pile it went...

 

[YoungGun21]

We tried both Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 and they said 4.6 was needed. I will try Xubuntu and Puppy.

They will be put with newer hardware.