hey dennison did you know that a good number of router/linux boxes in the
ateneo are actually 486 on a single floppy LRP?
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, dennison wrote:
> can u pls put the url where i can find this article?
>
> single-floppy linux distro reminds me of minix which we used to play around with
>years back. i wonder how much they could fit into a single floppy and what systems
>and peripherals it supports because nowadays, a 2.4.x kernel compiled with standard
>settings and support for the most common hardware should eat up around 500-800Kb
>
> dennison
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> > "THE first Filipino Linux distribution is now in gamma stage at the labs of
> >> > the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation..."
> >> >
> >> > uh, i was under the impression that admulinux has been around for quite some
> >> > time now... so how can they claim the article call their feature "the first
> >> > filipino linux distro..."?
> >>
> >> from what i understand from the article, the "distro" is a single floppy
> >> based one, or am i wrong? this is a far cry from being a real distribution
> >> like admulinux is. heck, if a single floppy distribution were all there
> >> were to it, then we've had that kind of thing for a long while now.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> aside from them claiming to be the first filipino linux distro... they
> >> also claim to have run the first Linux-based BBS in the Philippines! i've
> >> run Alien's Alcove on Linux since the mid-1990's but closed-doors to the
> >
> >Well i can most certainly vouch for this. Alien's Alcove was probably the
> >most unique BBS during those days. In fact i would think it was the first
> >to be using Linux!
> >
> >
> >> public when i had to move homes. ;) so i figure that i'd have to say
> >> alien's was the first. oh... for the patient and close-to-demented as i
> >> am, you can try "ssh -l bbs gra.ph" or "telnet -l bbs gra.ph" for some old
> >> time fun. if it breaks, email me. :) hey ian, remember our first ytalks
> >> over the modem? is robbie still an IBMer?
> >
> >Oh yes i do. Such were the days when one was _actually_ happy to get a
> >connect speed of 2400 over the voice-grade-only analog PLDT lines. Robby
> >if you don't know yet is (and has been) with Sky Internet ever since its
> >start-up - practically created it from the ground up!
> >
> >Sigh. My age shows. Better shut up now. \8|
> >
> >
> >
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