[buug] Intriguing 1-floppy OS
Tom DeSot
tomd at sacefcu.org
Thu Feb 17 06:25:42 PST 2000
Take a look at http://www.freesco.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Zeke Krahlin [mailto:ezekielk at iname.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:13 PM
To: @ BUUG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [buug] Intriguing 1-floppy OS
Hi Rick Moen, you wrote on 2/16/2000 1:28:05 PM:
>Quoting ezekielk at iname.com (ezekielk at iname.com):
>
> Do you guys know about QNX,
>
>Yes, it's very good -- but proprietary.
It's a marvel, nonetheless.
>You can run a Linux-based Internet filtering gateway and NAT (Network
>Address Translation) box for all your other machines on a discarded
>386/486 with no hard drive, using the Linux setups from the Linux Router
>Project: http://linuxrouter.org/
Really? That's great.
>It's worth also knowing about Tom's Root-Boot, a one-floppy Linux
>distribution with an amazing amount of stuff crammed into it:
>http://www.toms.net/rb/
Very cool. "The most Linux on 1 floppy disk". I'm downloading it right now.
I can see why this teeny OS makes an excellent maintenance tool.
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