Software Preservation (was: SIMTEL...)

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Fri Apr 5 13:56:39 2002

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:

> I meant I don't have a LINUX box. Just %$%! windows. When I did use
> linux,
> I tend to tar the whole HD to a zip disk. This way if I needed to change
> HD's
> it was easy. But alas Linux (debian) does not boot from floppies any
> more, thus rendering it almost as useless as M$.

  Rereading this, I may have misunderstood yet again. Did you mean you
want the entire OS on a floppy?
  Have you tried Tom's RootBoot? It's an amazingly complete
distribution on one floppy.
  Then there are several CD-based distros....

        Doc
Received on Fri Apr 05 2002 - 13:56:39 BST