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kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

my original plan for world domination was to build my own linux distro. i figure gentoo is close enough so now i have a new plan for world domination!

i want to build a fully functional gentoo system that fits on a floppy! including network support, nano, and ssh.

think it can be done?
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lain iwakura · Apprentice Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 176 Location: sd, ca

I would say no. isn't a 16mb ISO to CD good enough for ya?

something kinda related, there was this OS (forgot the name) that fit on a 1.44meg floppy -- had gui, browser, net support in it. very basic. it was made just to prove that an OS does not have to be bloated (ahem, Msoft) to have functionality.
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BinaryAlchemy · n00b Joined: 31 May 2002 Posts: 42 Location: Ca, US

Are you thinking of the QNX 1.44 meg demo disk?

lain iwakura · Apprentice Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 176 Location: sd, ca

bingo. pretty sure that was it.
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kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

there's a ton of em out there. i just wanted to make one of em

im sure its more than possible....
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pmj · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 1:07 pm Post subject:

I think the CD has become far more popular (and practical) as far as things go. It might be kind of neat to make a totally self-sufficient CD with everything installed TO the cd, meaning you could boot it, run all programs from it, etc.

I've even debated not putting floppy drives in the new computers I've built. Waste of 15 bucks to get a new one, if you ask me.

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Sequentious · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 1:33 pm Post subject:

kraylus · l33t Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 648 Location: ft.worth.tx

true, it could be done on a cd. in fact, it's extremely easy to do on a cd. pfff... no challenge!

with a cd you've got at least 640 MB to work with. i could fit such an awesome system in that, it's not enough funny.

but on a 1.44MB floppy!! that's where it's at, man. 'sides, floppies are smaller and easier to transport. i can stick a floppy in my breast pocket and at the local cyber cafe where they use old PC's that dont work, i can stick my lil boot disk in there, ssh into my server at home, check my mail, etc.

i could even administer a system with it. what's that? you need to partition your HD? no problem, i just so happen to have fdisk on here!

or some such bs. i dunno. screw you guys!! i'm goin home :cry:

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Sequentious · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 1:47 pm Post subject:

Check out Toms Root Boot disk.

http://www.toms.net/rb/
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metalhedd · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 8:54 pm Post subject:

linux on a floppy has been done so many times. i've tried at least 5 of them, just for fun,

Why not try to fit a fully functioning OS W/ X windows networking etc etc. on a business card CD. (those mini CD's that are cut to be kinda rectangular) you could carry that in your pocket. I think they hold 150 MB.

Sivar · Apprentice Joined: 25 May 2002 Posts: 266 Location: USA

Sequentious · Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 9:53 pm Post subject:

pablored · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 96

How about 486 optimised with the boa webserver or an older apache installed?

For older hardware bootable cds are as good as coasters.

Trinux is quite nice, has base utils on the floppy... then if it can setup networking it downloads updates and additional software from the web (as defined in text files on the disk). Packages are .tgz format.

neuron · Advocate Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371

could make a install from floppy thing instead if your bored and like floppies

some people might actualy use that

, though with old systems that can't boot from cd, auto strip xfree/kde and gnome from the portage tree :p

Roy · n00b Joined: 15 Apr 2002 Posts: 55 Location: Australia