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smokey

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« on: 8 September 2002, 13:10 »
I know this is the Microsoft eradication society but anyway

I am trying (and succeding so far) at squeezing windows NT 3.51 onto a floppy disk (2 at most)   . It is quite simple to make windows NT load of a disk and It will show you can squeeze windows down a lot.

I am also working on IE  (and other things like that) free versions of windows 2000 and XP.

No I do not work at litepc (think 98lite)    but I find this a good mental challenge.

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« Reply #1 on: 8 September 2002, 13:18 »
NetBSD can run off of 2 floppies
Mac OS 7.0 or 7.0.1 can run off 1 floppy

Not to flame, just to inform!

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« Reply #2 on: 8 September 2002, 14:01 »
Can Darwin run from a floppy?

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« Reply #3 on: 8 September 2002, 16:06 »
http://sunsite.dk/mulinux/
MuLinux, and theres also reactos which is a free NT, im downloading it now!

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« Reply #4 on: 8 September 2002, 16:21 »
see all this stuff that can run off a floppy? i'm interested in that, is any of it available for download? are you guys planning to host your floppy versions once they are finished? even for a week or so? i'd be interested in getting copies, that's all...
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« Reply #5 on: 8 September 2002, 20:10 »
on this issue

how well does litestep work
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
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« Reply #6 on: 8 September 2002, 20:15 »
I love all this stuff that fits on a floppy!

Tom's root boot
Freesco
FreeDos
Qnix Demo

And I don't mind using a Win98 boot disc, cuz it doesn't crash, at least I don't think so.

There's this program I use called LXpic (dos) and all it does is display graphics files. I use it on a  486 with no hard drive and I use it to test cheap monitors that I want buy. If they can't handle a Trident 9440, I don't buy them.

What other cool programs fit on a floppy? Preferably Linux.

If you're curious, at least it's not Windows...
LXpic and other dos stuff

[ September 08, 2002: Message edited by: RudeCat7 ]

Here's a page for LinuxLinux Floppies

[ September 08, 2002: Message edited by: RudeCat7 ]

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« Reply #7 on: 8 September 2002, 20:33 »
http://www.linux.org/dist/

Under "minimalist"

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« Reply #8 on: 8 September 2002, 20:36 »
Basic Linux is cool.
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« Reply #9 on: 8 September 2002, 20:41 »
quote:
Originally posted by choasforages:
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how well does litestep work




it's great, but a bit of a system resource hogger

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« Reply #10 on: 8 September 2002, 23:40 »
i thought litestep sucked. i installed in winME, and it immediately required a system reinstall. (just like installing any other program in windows ME then...)
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