Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy #Linux @w84death
Krzysztof Krystian Jankowski has created an embedded Linux distribution from scratch. It fits on a single floppy diskette. At the time of writing, it uses ~1MB of storage. This gives ~400KB free space to use for other software.
This distribution can boot on 486DX PC with 24 MB of ram (did not boot with less using QEMU). On an emulator it boots almost instantly. On bare metal modern hardware, the only thing that prevent those speeds is the actual speed of a floppy drive.
I’m using the latest revision. It’s a feat of it’s own that connects old and new technologies together. At the moment it is Kernel 5.13.0-rc2.
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