Kevin Karhan Oct 31, 2023

@HopelessDemigod It's kinda an exercise on #FrugalComputing and #minimalism.

Kinda going from @landley 's #mkroot and working towards building something that is actually useable and not just some EoL tool (i.e.
#tmsrtbt / #TomsRootBoot) or a simple test of feasibility (i.e. #Floppinux which uses #BusyBox instead of #toybox).

Imagine if we'd have OS/1337 in #ROM?
Would not be as fast as #MSDOS but at least useable!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8

#OS1337

Still the world's fastest booting PC in 2021?

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Show threadKevin Karhan Oct 31, 2023

@neingeist that being said there have been several #BootFloppy if not #Floppy-based #Linux distros.

Besides #tmsrtbt (#TomsRootBoot) and #Floppinux there were #BootFloppies #Debian and Floppy versions of older Linux distros.

@ncommander even did use one of those installs (#Slackware 1.1 from 55 (!!!) 1.440 kB Floppies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6GRLhVXYMk

For comparison, Office 4.2 cam on 40 - WITH (!) ClipArts and #Windows 3.11 on 4.

STREAM: Installing Slackware Linux 1.1 (1993) from 55 Floppies!

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