Hi Bernd, > http://lennartb.home.xs4all.nl/linux.html > > has plenty of pointers for creating your own minimalist Linux bootdisk. > Personally, I'm still looking for a minimalistic Linux distro that > contains GCC. Somewhere around 500MB to 1GB maximum.
Rugxulo probably knows one :-) > If you have a recently modern machine that allows booting from USB, get > a cheap USB flash drive and install Linux to it. A tool like RUFUS can > help you if you happen to run Windows. I don't think a real rescue disk > for Linux exists, likely considered a security risk. In Linux, users are welcome to shoot in their own foot, assuming that they know what they do. Unlike MacOS, in which only things that users "should" do/like are easy. One of the most classic single floppy linuxes is TOMSRBT: http://www.toms.net/rb/ - have a look at the FAQ to know more details. Note that oversized floppy formats may be problematic with USB floppy or for bootable flash / DVD or similar. But for the latter two, you can simply jump to the standard 2.88 MB format. Most real floppy drives only support 1.44 MB and oversized variations of that, e.g. 1.68 MB, but a 2.88 MB boot floppy image on a CD-R or DVD-RW or similar is quite normal and easy :-) > PS: http://lennartb.home.xs4all.nl/coreboot/coreboot.html for more fun, > especially on a tiny 80486 board like [ http://bifferos.co.uk/ ] Interesting, also in context of smartphones and other ARM platforms (tablets, some netbooks) which include increasing temptations to DRM everything and only allow software from a licensed shop instead of keeping the user in control :-p Eric PS: I think Rugxulo also had some few-floppy Linux distro in his bookmarks. That distro is modular and has stuff like graphical interface, browsers and compilers as module afair. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
