RUNT 5.0
"RUNT Linux: The ResNet USB Network Tester
Once again, it's been a while, but I've put together one more release of RUNT. RUNT 5.0 is built from Slackware 11.0 and has updated versions of nearly every package. Of greatest significance is the much newer 2.4.33.3 kernel, which now supports most SATA controllers, as well as prism54 wireless devices. iproute2 and stunnel have been added for improved functionality. With all of these updates comes a substantial increase in size. I was unable to keep RUNT under 128 MB this time and maintain the level of usability in past releases. This version takes up about 200 MB when unpacked, so at least a 256 MB flash drive formatted with 4k clusters is required.
There is a good chance this is the final release of RUNT because of a number of reasons. First off, as I mentioned in my last update, the usefulness and uniqueness of RUNT is declining. Live CD's are abundant, and USB flash drives are big enough now to just partition and install your favorite distro. However, I've always liked the convenience of RUNT, and the simplicity of installation. Because of the umsdos filesystem, RUNT usually doesn't require reformatting, and it only takes up as much space as it needs, unlike ramdisk and loopback based filesystems. Unfortunately, the umsdos filesystem has been ignored for years now, and has been dropped in the 2.6 kernel. RUNT in its current form depends on the 2.4 kernel, and this release contains a very mature version of that kernel. Perhaps it is the last one Slackware will include. There may be a few options for RUNT's future, but we'll just have to see."
http://runt.mybox.org/package_list50
http://runt.mybox.org/Changelog
http://runt.mybox.org/runt-5.0.zip
http://runt.mybox.org/runtboot50.img
md5sum: 93edcc320ff20e17a1f4eb073190adc3 runt-5.0.zip
md5sum: 5f376201eb28b3b9425a3396378ffe50 runtboot50.img