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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 03:05:37 -0300 (GMT-0300)
From: Roberto Alsina <ralsina AT ultra7 DOT unl DOT edu DOT ar>
To: John Fremlin <dfremlin AT facstaff DOT wisc DOT edu>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: A few FS notions
In-Reply-To: <YvQcz8ew4OeR092yn@facstaff.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970510030408.1807A-100000@ultra7.unl.edu.ar>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Sat, 10 May 1997, John Fremlin wrote:

> "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl> typed:
> [snip]
> >> a "small" Linux version takes 15 MB.
> >Not true. Slackware 3.x has a *one floppy* version of Linux for you to try.
> 
> Where? Where? Gimme! Wonder of wonders! (Reading the Slackware FAQ
> it appears that one disk is only useful for "maintenance and
> installation", oh well).

There is a Linux-in-one-floppy distribution. It's called DLX, IIRC, but I 
lost the URL. It was announced in c.o.l.a, so it should be easy to find.
Has everything, from network to vi, but you need 8 MB to run it.

 ("\''/").__..-''"`-. .         Roberto Alsina
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 (_Y_.)' ._   ) `._`.  " -.-'   Centro de Telematica
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