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Hello!
I want to get some hard to find old Linux distributions so I can install them in a VM.
Criteria: they must be before 2004.
Criteria2: peferably on physical media that any of you members here have, should be dumped as an iso or mdf/mds
Distros that i can't find anywhere else: as on those ones i cannot find on Internet Archive or searching the iso filename on google.
Old versions of existing distros also count as well.
On the lookout for distros from 1990s to 2003.
Look here to see what I'm talking about. https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ve-4175551843/
Last edited by BenjaminMadden7880; 06-11-2020 at 07:52 AM.
I know about this, but how do I install them? I cannot find any ISO's or floppy images.
Sorry about this, I'm new here.
I want to install them using apps like VMware/VirtualBox (for newer stuff) and 86box (for old stuff).
Last edited by BenjaminMadden7880; 06-11-2020 at 06:31 AM.
Okay thanks, but the thing I wanted was something from physical media.
Is anybody here willing to dig through their old CDs and floppies for these distributions?
I want the ones you cant find anywhere else so I can upload them to the Internet Archive for future purposes.
Time range of the distros I want ranges from the 1990s to before August 2004.
Particually want these distros as seen here https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/139
Going through distrowatch news prior to september 2004
LWN distro list 2004-08-26 on wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20040826...Distributions/
Last edited by BenjaminMadden7880; 06-11-2020 at 06:49 AM.
Okay thanks, but the thing I wanted was something from physical media.
Is anybody here willing to dig through their old CDs and floppies for these distributions?
I want the ones you cant find anywhere else so I can upload them to the Internet Archive for future purposes.
Time range of the distros I want ranges from the 1990s to 2003.
Those old images are images for or from physical media. Some for floppies. Check the instructions and README files.
I wanted something that I can't find anywhere on Google, like you know, LibraNet and early versions of KNOPPIX. did you even look at the links I posted in the post above? Try to do a Google search on those such distributions (you wont get much), espically those from 2003 and below.
I want someone to upload a copy of these such distros (peferably obscure ones) from a cd onto either internet archive, mega, or google drive.
Remember to look at the links i posted and look on distrowatch's archives for entries from prior to august 2004. https://distrowatch.com/index-mobile...gust&year=2004 and prior
Any of these ring a bell or catch your eye? Dont forget to look at the links I posted above as well!
Last edited by BenjaminMadden7880; 06-11-2020 at 10:23 AM.
I wanted something that I can't find anywhere on Google, like you know, LibraNet and early versions of KNOPPIX. did you even look at the links I posted in the post above? Try to do a Google search on those such distributions (you wont get much), espically those from 2003 and below.
I want someone to upload a copy of these such distros (peferably obscure ones) from a cd onto either internet archive, mega, or google drive.
Remember to look at the links i posted and look on distrowatch's archives for entries from prior to august 2004. https://distrowatch.com/index-mobile...gust&year=2004 and prior
Any of these ring a bell or catch your eye? Dont forget to look at the links I posted above as well!
I know about this, but how do I install them? I cannot find any ISO's or floppy images.
Sorry about this, I'm new here.
I want to install them using apps like VMware/VirtualBox (for newer stuff) and 86box (for old stuff).
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