There is a very small base install that will fit in about 33 megs.
However, you still need a dos partition on the CF to contain the kernel
and boot loader.   Of course, having swap space is recommended.

This small install, contains very little in terms of user space tools, and
nothing from X.

I would imagine that if the card is a standard CF card, the manufacturer
doesn't really matter (though don't quote me on that) :-)

Adam

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Paul Williams wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been planning on installing netBSD on my MobilePro 770. I am
> planning to buy a CF card, but I am having trouble finding info on the
> needed size. Due to limited funds I've been looking at a 64MB CF card.
> But I am unsure whether this will be sufficient. I've seen, in the "User
> How-To", this:
> 
> "base+kern+etc with delete large unuse files"
> 
> What sort of system would this be? IOW given a typical user what
> tools/userspace etc. (X?)
> 
> Does the manufacturer of the CF card matter? (Installation failures
> etc.)
> 
> Sorry if this is a common question.
> 
> --
> Paul
>