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I remember running Linux on a floppy disk back in the 90s. Used it as a NAT between the school network and my computer(s) in my room. Pretty cool to see the fu
by hk1337 3y ago
I remember running Linux on a floppy disk back in the 90s. Used it as a NAT between the school network and my computer(s) in my room.
Pretty cool to see the functionality increase with portability. Although, floppy disk space is significantly less than a USB drive.
- gpribeiro 3y agoCoyote Linux, maybe? I used it at home in the beginning of the 2000s.
- rzzzt 3y agoThere's a famous single floppy router distribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Router_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Router_Project LGR has a video on a PC-based appliance (a wireless access point) where the "firmware" source was a walled-off 3.5" drive with a floppy inside. That one ran DR-DOS however: https://youtu.be/DOkapxbW93g https://youtu.be/DOkapxbW93g
- hk1337 3y agoI believe that was it but Coyote Linux sounds familiar too. I think it perhaps used that distribution.
- suprjami 3y agoI used Freesco ("Free Cisco") to do the same. It's hilarious these days to think about a power-hungry 486 running full time to do such a trivial task.