yes that's exactly what i had in mind here
dennison
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>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:
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>> 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:
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>> >> > "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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