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Re: [seul-edu] Other small Linuces



I believe that you can install Debian from a single floppy.

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> From: Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: [seul-edu] Other small Linuces
> Date: 08 December 1999 00:41
> 
> 
> I've done a search (probably not comprehensive) or Linux distros to see
what is
> similar to Tiny.  There turns out to be quite a few one floppy distros
intended
> for rescue disks or trouble shooting, but only a few intended to be
installed on
> a hard disk from floppies.
> 
> These three seem most similar in design and goals to Tiny:
> 
> muLinux <http://sunsite.auc.dk/mulinux>
> Monkey Linux <http://www.spsselib.hiedu.cz/monkey>
> Pygmy Linux <http://pygmy.penguin.cz>
> 
> Odile, could you look at those three distros and then tell us how Tiny
differs
> in its design, installation, and intended use?  That would then be almost
all of
> what you'll need to say in your announcement of Tiny to the world.
> 
> -- 
> Doug Loss            Always acknowledge a fault.  This will throw
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>