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		UncleSlacky 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, ... There was also "Tom's Root Boot" distro that fitted on a floppy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomsrtbt

mkesper 3 months ago [–]

That had to use non-standard image size though. Mind blowing this fits now into regular 1.44MB.

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