Bachata Linux is a minimal Debian based Linux system with fully functional bash shell (with GNU coreutils, not BusyBox), TCP/IP networking with DHCP client and APT setup to be able to install any package from the Debian repositories.
The installation media is 68 MB, needs no Internet connection and the installation is really quick. The installed system will use 160 MB disk space. (As a comparison, Debian 6.0 "netinst" media is 191 MB, takes long time to install and will use at least 330 MB disk space after installation.)
The name Bachata Linux come from the dance bachata.
Install on a physical machine
Download the .iso image, burn it on a CD-R and boot from it.
Or download the .img disk image, write it to an USB disk (use sudo cp bachatalinux-1.0-i386.img /dev/sdX where /dev/sdX is the USB disk device) and boot from it.
If you don't want to boot, you can try to download the .cgz bundle and the install-bachatalinux script and run the script as root with the .cgz file as parameter.
Install in KVM/QEMU
Download the .cgz bundle and the install-bachatalinux-in-kvm-qemu script and run the script as root.
(You can also use the .iso image, but the script will likely give better result.)
Then you can start it with virsh start ${HOSTNAME} and connect to it with virsh console ${HOSTNAME}.
Use halt from inside the guest or virsh shutdown ${HOSTNAME} to have a clean shutdown.
Using reboot from inside the guest work as expected in KVM, but not in QEMU (this is a bug in QEMU).
Install in other virtualization environment (VirtualBox, ...)
1. Download the .iso image image (you do not need to burn it on a physical disk)
2. Create a virtual machine in with at least 64 MB RAM, at least 160 MB disk and OS type Linux (choose "Debian", "Debian 6" or "Debian Squeeze" if you can specify Linux variant)
3. Install the virtual machine with the .iso image
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Requirements:
· An i386 machine with 64 MB RAM and 160 MB disk space.
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