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In the Y2K era I made a Linux firewall that fit on a single floppy disk: kernel, vi, and a tiny partition config mounted as a loopback device. 1.44MB and it ran
by astrodust 7y ago
In the Y2K era I made a Linux firewall that fit on a single floppy disk: kernel, vi, and a tiny partition config mounted as a loopback device. 1.44MB and it ran great!
Linux owes its existence to the floppy, for years that was the only way to bootstrap it. Good to see support going forward.
- VectorLock 7y agoI still remember my first Linux was Slackware on a stack of 3.5" discs downloaded from a BBS.
- astrodust 7y agoIt was a pretty epic stack, too, like at least twenty disks to do a basic install, each one an adventure to download and image.