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Booting Linux on a hard drive was what, 15 years ago now?

• hinkley 3y ago
  Have you ever tried to google that?
  • lmm 3y ago
    Yes - up until a few years ago it was easy to find by googling, but now google has degraded to the point where I can't manage it.
    • Dah00n 3y ago
      Yeah sure, people on HN says this all the time, but in reality it isn't true like a lot of comments getting repeated on here. I found it on the first try.
      • hinkley 3y ago
        I’ve tried many times to find it. Don’t be an ass. As I told your more helpful compatriot, not everyone gets the same results.
    • winrid 3y ago
      Do you mean this? https://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1 https://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1 Searched "run linux on hard drive without cpu or ram" on Google - third result.
      • hinkley 3y ago
        Not everyone gets the same results. The closest I could find - with your search query - was #6, and it’s a Reddit conversation that contains this link. I don’t usually click on Reddit links. If you use DDG it’s nowhere to be found.
        • winrid 3y ago
          actually yeah sorry it was in a Reddit post. I usually do click on Reddit links, or add "reddit" into my query, as it makes Google much more useful.
      • lmm 3y ago
        That looks like it, yeah. Nowhere on my first few pages of Google for that query, shrug.