Diskless Linux

plug@arcticmail.com wrote:
>
> Someone at the meeting tonight wanted to know
> how one could boot/run Linux on a system with
> no floppy, no CD-ROM drive, and no hard disk.
>
> Here is an (ancient) package that can demonstrate
> one possible way to accomplish this via RPL:
>
> http://sorry.vse.cz/dimension/rdos/dxt/
>
> D
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There is also a fairly interesting how-to for creating a 1-floppy,
hard-diskless 486 firewall(12-16 meg memory) at:
www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2503199,00.html

It also describes a method (new to me, maybe not to others) for writing
1.6 megs onto a 1.44 meg floppy.

Bob Eaton