Hi.. I'm not entirely crazy, I have an old via epia board with a 2gb disk on module installed, and I'm attempting to configure it as a basic RF to composite converter (using a bt848 card as input, and the onboard composite/svideo output).
Seeing as it's a via epia cpu, it works well with i586 stuff, but the problem is that 2gb disk just isn't large enough.. but then I don't really need most of the distribution, just enough to either run xawtv, or even just fbtv.
The boot cd installer works, but gives up when it realises just how much space there isn't. But I'm guessing it would be fine if I could just coerce it into only installing the bits I want ;p (or alternatively installing the bits I need by hand).. once installed tho, the cdrom drive is being removed (it's hanging out the front of the case on a cable at the mo).. as the system will just be single purpose, running enough to read/tune from the bt848, and display out via the svideo/composite ports. (Why? because I have some older retro kit that does PAL, while I live in an NTSC area, but do have a bunch of PAL bt848 cards from years ago.. and this feels like a fun mini project).
I'm comfortable with the console, and I've been hacking around with linux for decades, more than happy to give anything a shot here.. even if I can just get a basic console only install, with a working package manager, I can likely take it from there.
Can anyone help me get that far? or is this a lost cause?