I'm guilty of keeping old hardware alive. There are many personal servers out there running on old Pent and Pent2 machines. Fact is, some of the hardware is more efficient on electric for 24/7 machines that see little use (when compared to more modern machines at idle). Running these machines may not be as sexy as running a 1969 Pontiac GTO, but for some nearly as rewarding... LOL maybe not!
Learning how to trim the fat for old systems is not a waste of time in my book. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Sometimes effort is only spent to keep the mind from going idle (not utilized to trade hours for dollars). Anyway, (back on topic) depending on the need for floppy, it may be better us use SuperGrub boot floppy, and hand off to the CD drive if present. Eric On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 13:35 -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > On Fri, March 18, 2011 12:49 pm, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > Don't forget DrDos 7.x that is still floppy based, but not sure which file > > systems it can format/supports. > > Uh, DrDos was a product of Caldera, and Caldera was bought by SCO. > I used to use DrDos for a while, and I don't remember it supporting > formatting Linux filesystems, and since the SCO merger we've had the > inclusion of ext3 and ext4 both of which I'm sure DrDos won't support. > > I think the suggestion of using a Gnu/Linux LiveCD of one form or another > for partitioning + formatting partitions is a good angle for this. There > are still Linux distros you can fit on floppies, but only a Linux > "sub-kernel" can fit on a single floppy, last I recall. > > > Anyway isn't using systems that do not have a CD kinda useless? > > I mean more trouble then solution, since floppies are no longer made or > > available. > > Just trying to provide helpfully/constructive criticism. > > While I too consider the Floppy to be the "last alternative", there are > older systems that cannot boot from CD nor USB, so if you want to work > with that kind of box there is realistically no other option. > > -- Chris > > -- > > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra
