Small Linux
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Alfalinux Project
Mini distribution, two floppies, Slackware-based, uses libc 5.0, kernel 2.0.34+. Other Linux projects, resources, links. English, Italian.
Avd Project
Home for AVD, SWIM and BootRoot which creates a two-disk Linux system. The lilo method creates a boot disk with lilo, a kernel and an initrd image; the root disk can contain either a gzip- or bzip2-compressed filesystem.
bifrost linux distribution
Small flashdisk linux distribution.
Blueflops
On 2 floppies. Graphic Web browser: Links 2.1pre9 using svgalib 1.4.3. IRC client: BitchX 1.0c19. Kernel: 2.4.20, most Ethernet drivers compiled as modules. C library: uClibc. Minimum needs: i386 CPU, 16 MB RAM.
Brutalware
Kernel: 2.0.36, libc5 based; runs fully from 2 floppies, TCP/IP support (automatic configuration via bootp), accessory floppy has Lynx, ssh1, nmap, netcat, other network tools.
Dekoningonline.nl
Offers Grey Cat Linux, a small Linux distribution based on Slackware 3.5 and BasicLinux. It comes with the standard Linux/Unix utilities, and other software, like a browser, wordprocessor, IRC application and webserver. Run from hard disk or floppies.
DLX Distribution
A linux system running on Intel PCs. DLX comes on only one 3,5" floppydisk. DLX boots with a kernel >= 1.3.89 and starts a ramdisk image. DLX also has a writeable ext2 filesystem of about 130 kb on the floppy to store configuration scripts. DLX supports parallel-port ZIP-Drive.
Fd Linux
A tiny floppy distribution of Linux, set to fit on one floppy disk that is able to provide new Linux users with low-end machines (386) very useful set of networking related binaries and firewall tools.
giotto
Bootable floppy disk with the necessary parts of the Linux operation system. Among the available add on packages are an Ethernet masquerader, a collection of some application-level proxies, and a development kit. No longer supported.
GNU Dualix
Mini Linux distribution based on libc5, kernel 2.2.10; Use: quick, portable, configurable network client; not a rescue system. Description, download.
HAL91
Fits one floppy, needs 386+ (needs no FPU), 8 MB RAM; runs fully in RAM; supports IDE hard disks, ATAPI CD-ROMs, filesystems Ext2, ISO 9660, VFAT; SCSI adapters, parallel zip drive, Ethernet cards by modules. English, German, Italian. Last updated 1998.
Injector Linux
Fits one floppy, supports many filesystems: 23, with all needed disklabels and broad write support: read-write-backup files from IDE, SCSI drives with many partition types: Apple, NTFS, VFAT, EXT2/3, RaiserFS. Useful for file/disk rescue.
Jos Lemmens Page: Boot and Root Disks
Slackware-based (and some DOS utilities), on one floppy; ELF 2.0.33 kernel, modules enabled, jabt driver at first serial port. ~1.4 MB.
LIAP: Linux in a Pillbox Project
Has different pills (mini distributions) for varied uses, resulting in set of specialized, easily configurable Linux floppies, named after drugs. English, Polish.
Nuclinux
One floppy (3.5 inch) distribution, mainly to connect to the Internet from networked machines; bash, Links browser, FTP server, vi, ma mail client, free space at start of disk; links to other mini Linux distributions. English, Suomi.
Pocket Linux
Quickly converts PC to secure Linux system using SSH to connect to remote host; supports other networking clients, bootp to determine host IP and other network parameters; can be manually configured, but bootp preferred; works on systems with network cards (Arcnet, Ethernet), or modems (detects automatically, then makes PPP connection). English, Polska.
Romin Romanian Mini Linux
Internet gateway floppy distribution; kernel 2.2.+, glibc, busybox, pppd, samba, e2fsck, ipchains, telnetd; filesystems: ext3, ext2, vfat, ntfs, nfs; several network cards. Description, downloads. English, Romanian.
S.M.A.R.T. Linux
a bootable floppy distribution containing tool (smartmontools) for monitoring IDE/SCSI hard disks (using Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology). It is based on uClibc, BusyBox and smartmontools.
tclDisk linux floppy
Simple linux floppy disk aimed at those interested in customizing their own linux floppy disks. Small but expandable examples included.
The Linux-One-Disk-Svncviewer Floppy Disk (LODS)
A one-floppy disk Linux system to run svncviewer without having to boot from hard disk.
tinfoil hat linux
A secure single floppy linux. For the paranoid among us.