Floppy

[Dan Jenkins]

D. Mo wrote:

>  Hey there. I'm sure someone out there can help with this.
>
>  Got a friend who is interested in trying out Linux. Has an old 386
>  to play with which doesn't have a CD drive. Was wondering if anyone
>  has an old version out there on floppies?
>
>  I've severaal versions on CD but he doesn't really want to put a CD
>  drive in.

I still have the twelve floppy disks of Linux kernel source I used back 
in 1994 or 1995 to build Yggdrasil Linux.
I wouldn't wish that on anyone nowadays. :-)

I know there are various tiny Linux distributions aimed for routers, 
diagnostics and such. I haven't used them much.
Some names which I have tried are LRP (Linux Router Project - 
http://www.linuxrouter.org/), Coyote Firewall
(http://www.coyotelinux.com/) and Toms Rescue (http://www.toms.net/rb/). 
My purpose was primarily a router/
firewall. For general purpose use, I've read about muLinux 
(http://sunsite.auc.dk/mulinux/), but haven't used it.

There's a whole web page of various Linux-on-a-floppy distributions here:
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Floppy/

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