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Linux on floppy disk ???
Name: alex Date: June 10, 2001 at 12:14:43 Pacific
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Is it possible to install linux from floppy disk ?? if so..what version and distribution.(i got a 486 with floppy only).
Try a web search for tomsrtbt, ramfloppy, mulinux. They are fun to play with and useful also. Tomsrtbt is a very good serious piece of work. Ramfloppy ver.104 seems good and has the midnight commander file manager. Mulinux gives you the X-window system on about 3 floppys. There's lots of others too.
Name: Webster Date: June 10, 2001 at 22:49:31 Pacific
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http://polaris.cs.uiuc.edu/~jxiong/linux.html
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Name: aspr Date: June 15, 2001 at 02:51:25 Pacific
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get Tomsrtbt its great. i can boot an old laptop with it and even get the pcmcia nic to work. cool. go to www.bootdisk.com there are linux links and one will get u there. plus there is a choice off linux on a floppy.
Summary: A friend gave me their old 66mhz computer with 40 megs of ram and was wondering how I could get linux to work on it. What distribution would run? Would I get a new version or have to get a really ol...
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