Linux distributions
by Mike Stoddart · in Torque Game Engine · 04/27/2002 (4:52 pm) · 12 replies
1) I was wondering which Linux distributions people have managed to get the Torque engine working under.
2) I'm looking around for a distribution that gives me the following, so any recommendations would be appreciated:
- XFree86 4.2
- GCC + dev environment for console and X apps
- don't need KDE or Gnome
- don't need email, just Mozilla
- very small footprint
- IceWM or WindowMaker will do fine
- store filesystems on FAT32 drive - i.e. install onto a Win2K FAT32 drive
Thanks
2) I'm looking around for a distribution that gives me the following, so any recommendations would be appreciated:
- XFree86 4.2
- GCC + dev environment for console and X apps
- don't need KDE or Gnome
- don't need email, just Mozilla
- very small footprint
- IceWM or WindowMaker will do fine
- store filesystems on FAT32 drive - i.e. install onto a Win2K FAT32 drive
Thanks
#2
I use RedHat 7.2 mostly, but I've installed a bunch of other distributions for torque testing (RH 7.1, Gentoo, MDK8.2, Debian sid/unstable). Torque works on all of these on my system.
All could fulfill your requirements, but really it depends on how much you want to customize/tweak it (and how much effort you want to put in to it). If you don't mind putting in effort then you may want to try Slackware as Badguy suggests or Gentoo or debian. RH and MDK are a bit more spoonfed (which why I like them :).
Most prepacked distros aren't shipping XF 4.2 yet, although 4.0+ is good enough for Torque. I don't know of a distribution that _couldn't_ satisfy the FAT32 requirement.
04/27/2002 (6:52 pm)
Uh oh, prepare yourself for a flood of opinions... :)I use RedHat 7.2 mostly, but I've installed a bunch of other distributions for torque testing (RH 7.1, Gentoo, MDK8.2, Debian sid/unstable). Torque works on all of these on my system.
All could fulfill your requirements, but really it depends on how much you want to customize/tweak it (and how much effort you want to put in to it). If you don't mind putting in effort then you may want to try Slackware as Badguy suggests or Gentoo or debian. RH and MDK are a bit more spoonfed (which why I like them :).
Most prepacked distros aren't shipping XF 4.2 yet, although 4.0+ is good enough for Torque. I don't know of a distribution that _couldn't_ satisfy the FAT32 requirement.
#3
04/27/2002 (6:56 pm)
BTW, Jeff T. set up a new Technical->Linux forum, which might be more appropriate for this type of discussion in the future.
#4
-Tim aka Spock
04/28/2002 (1:56 pm)
Gentoo does it all except that last requirement...don't know if you can do that. Mandrake is the only distro I know off hand that can install in windows.-Tim aka Spock
#5
04/28/2002 (2:05 pm)
Oops, I misunderstood the FAT32 thing. Yes thats a fairly specialized feature. RedHat can do it as well. But there is a performance hit involved, and the maximum size of your filesystem is 2GB, although I suppose you can create and mount a bunch of 2GB filesystems.
#6
there is a Slackware install for fat32 as well :)
try zipslack or bigslack
04/28/2002 (3:15 pm)
just to stay up to date..there is a Slackware install for fat32 as well :)
try zipslack or bigslack
#7
I didn't realise that there was a Linux technical section on the forum. I'll use that in the future.
04/29/2002 (8:05 am)
Thanks for your replies folks. I downloaded WinLinux I think it's called, so I'll try that when I get the chance.I didn't realise that there was a Linux technical section on the forum. I'll use that in the future.
#8
04/30/2002 (7:36 am)
Well my conclusion is stay away from WinLinux! The installed didn't complete and crashed in two separate places, so I wasn't able to try it. It would have worked except that it crashed while trying to install LILO. So no go there folks.
#9
05/02/2002 (6:13 pm)
Why do you want to install to a FAT32 partition? Why not just install to a ext2(or 3) or reiserfs partition, and then just mount the windows partitions you want to store files on? I think that'd probably be the easiest way to go, just about any distro can do that.
#10
In the end I gave up, and re-partitioned and installed Linux that way.
05/02/2002 (8:29 pm)
Because I don't have an ext2 partition. I'm not sure if my original post was clear enough, but basically I only have NTFS and FAT32 partitions. So I need Linux to install on either of them.In the end I gave up, and re-partitioned and installed Linux that way.
#11
05/03/2002 (9:52 am)
I think you'll probably be happier overall doing it that way, rather than using some strange distro to install inside windows. I can only assume it'll be more stable this way. Now you can just mount your windows partitions while in linux and have the same functionality.
#12
05/03/2002 (12:48 pm)
Dave, after all the hassle, I think you're right. 
Torque Owner Badguy