Had some fun one time making a boot floppy to install Linux from a parallel port CD-ROM or Zip drive https://tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/mobile-guide-p1c3s4

Had some fun one time making a boot floppy to install Linux from a parallel port CD-ROM or Zip drive https://tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/mobile-guide-p1c3s4-installation-methods.html#mobile-guide-p1c3s10-from-a-parallel-port-zip-drive https://tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/mobile-guide-p1c3s4-i... Worked great in the days when networking equipment was still expensive