Small Linux

Hi,
I know I've seen this somewhere, but can't remember. I'm looking for a small linux that fits on a floppy and can run on windows so I can learn and play around with it.

are you sure man?i have never heard o f something like that before.linux is a whole operating system just like windows.you can't have windows on a floppy!maybe it was lilo or linux start up disk.

there are linux distros out there that you can put on a cd... maybe that is what you are looking for?
http://www.peanutlinux.org/
and
http://www.stockwith.co.uk/iso/

edit: these are bootable cds, wasnt sure if I mentioned that :D

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Originally posted here by Fred Brown
Hi,
I know I've seen this somewhere, but can't remember. I'm looking for a small linux that fits on a floppy and can run on windows so I can learn and play around with it.

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Linux is its own operating system and connot be run from within windows. A Windows partition uses a FAT32 partition and Linux uses a EXT2 partition. A bootable kernal that fits on a floppy is almost impossible. Your best bet is to take a hard drive and partition about 2 gigs (thats with X - the graphical user interface like windowsthat runs on linux) and download it for free. You can choose any flavor of linux you want from www.linux.org. That is the best way to test it, to dive right in. I hope this will answer your question. Good luck and enjoy! :D

Fred you wanna linux on floppy disk, look at this site http://www.toms.net/rb/ read the FAQ.

Cheerrs

Indeed sweet_angel. Toms linux is a one floppy linux OS. I mainly use it as a rescue system, or just to demonstrate how cool linux really is. When i go somewhere and they ask me where the cds are, i just put the floopy on their desk watching their faces. Toms linux is really cool. Theres another one called gibraltar too (linux firewall) one one floppy.

Cheers.

He he he it's a good one instronic

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When i go somewhere and they ask me where the cds are, i just put the floopy on their desk watching their faces. Toms linux is really cool. Theres another one called gibraltar too (linux firewall) one one floppy.

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Here's another one. It's called Linux on a Floppy (LOAF).
http://ldl.sourceforge.net/index.php3?action=2&show=41
Cheers,
cgkanchi

I know it's not small linux, but this is what i use...
http://www.picobsd.org

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What is PicoBSD ?

PicoBSD is primarily just FreeBSD running from RAM-disk, with all needed executable programs packed into a single executable ELF file in the RAM-disk.

It is a one floppy version which in its different variations allows you to have secure dialup access, small diskless router or even a dial-in server.

With flexibility that FreeBSD gives, and full source code available, one can build a small installation performing various tasks, including (but not limited to):

* diskless workstation * portable dial-up access solution * custom demo-disk
* embedded controller (flash or EEPROM) * firewall * communication server
* replacement for commercial router * diskless home-automation system * and many others....

Current version of PicoBSD is 0.500.

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Thanks sweet angel. Toms was the one I was trying to remember.

I remember seeing one like a month ago. Its at www.virtual-linux.org. This one is on a cd though, not a floppy.

go to www.slackware.com then on the menu, find zipslack.

ZipSlack

ZipSlack is a special edition of Slackware Linux that can be installed onto any FAT (or FAT32) filesystem with about 100 MB of free space. It uses the UMSDOS filesystem and contains most of the programs you will need. This means that you do not need to repartition your hard disk if you already have DOS or Windows installed. ZipSlack installs into a directory on your DOS filesystem. It can also be installed to and booted from a Zip disk.
This distribution is ideal for people who don't have a lot of hard disk space, do not have a fast Internet connection to download the entire distribution, or who want a Linux distribution they can carry around on a Zip disk


That means you put the linux directory on your FAT32 (dont know if it works on NTFS) windoze box, on the top directory (that means C:\linux), and you just extract it, burn a booting image into a floppy, and voila, you've got yourself a fully functional linux distro running under windoze. BUT, it comes without X (you can add it, but its a hassle under this distro). Kinda hard to configure anything, but after you learn and get it configured, your set up to go (i would recommend ELX linux though, awesome distro, windoze like feel in unix :))

trinux.sourceforge.net

^ another bootable Linux flavor, more of a 'security toolkit' of sorts.