Installing Linux from floppy drives?
OK, so I've got this old laptop which seems to be working completely fine. It's an Intel 486, has 2 PCMCIA slots, a Floppy drive, no USB and no CD or DVD (lol) drives.
Is there a way to put some Linux distro on this, which distros could be put and how? Many thanks. |
There are some Linux distros that are made for floppy disks; muLinux is one such distro, but I will warn you, it doesn't seem as though muLinux has been updated since 2004.
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Slackware still has the installs in disk sets that you can copy to floppy. Make the boot and root floppies then the four to five disks in the A set and install the basic os then you could ftp the rest down. Or some distos will have a bootable floppy that can give working network and let you ftp the rest in.
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This would be the easiest solution though it may involve getting hardware that you do not have access too. I would suggest looking for the floppy install from distro's that offer the install. I would also suggest staying away from some of the newer pop cult distros since they seem to have issues with older hardware. Good luck. |
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