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29 May 09

GrubHowto/BootFloppy - Community Ubuntu Documentation

  • mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
    mkdir /media/floppy/boot
    mkdir /media/floppy/boot/grub
    cd /boot/grub
    cp stage1 stage2 /media/floppy/boot/grub
    • When I tird to do these by Ubuntu 'My computer' or xfe I failed (and without correct error messages!). Only the root terminal can do these. - on 2009-05-29
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  • then start GRUB in interactive mode by typing grub
    • In root terminal, key in command 'grub'. - on 2009-05-29
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28 May 09

Linux Links - The Linux Portal: Distributions/Floppy

a lot of linux floppy distributions

www.linuxlinks.com/...Floppy - Preview

linux floppy tomsrtbt

      • S.M.A.R.T. Linux

        S.M.A.R.T. Linux is a bootable floppy distribution containing tool (smartmontools) for monitoring IDE/SCSI hard disks (using Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). Why floppy? Probably because all other distributions containing this useful utility are CD versions.

      • Serverdisk diskette distro

        Serverdisk is a diskette distro that offers services normally associated with HD or CD distributions. These include httpd and ftpd. This is not a rescue disk and strives to be in a separate class of its own. It currently only takes up 900kb on disk.

      • Sisela

        Sisela is a small, self-contained system designed to wake up in any PC and turn it into a highly capable piece of networking equipment. It can act as a bridge, router, firewall, DHCP server, DNS server, wireless access point or any combination of these functions.

      • SPYLinux

        spyLinux is (s)mall (py)thon (Linux). It's a single disk distribution of Linux which contains some basic utilities, working, vi, and the python interpreter (minus Tkinter).

      • ViraLinux_II

        (ftp only) A LILO boot/root floppy image that can boot to itself without a HD and has over 200k free space on the floppy, ash, eforthl,
        H3sm and no libc.

      • Xwoaf

        'X-Windows On A Floppy: a complete standalone, bootable, single Linux floppy that installs and runs from a RAMdisk. It provides the basic functionality required to turn any computer that successfully boots it into a modern communication node.

      • Zool Linux

        Zool Linux is a Linux based operating system on one floppy disk, for restoring a system and testing some hardware.

tomsrtbt home page of The most GNU/Linux on 1 floppy disk

download site
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery/

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