Linux Floppy Install (Re: YATYRD)

[Jules Richardson]

Ken Seefried wrote:
> From: Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com>
> 
>>   IIRC, Slack v3.3 took 54 1.44MB disks.
> 
> 
> Interesting. 
> I recall installing something I think was slack with a 0.99 kernel 
> around 1993-4. 

Probably still SLS then, although I could be wrong. My memory is of 
around 50 floppies for a full install too, although only a fraction of 
that was needed to get a networked box up and running and then install 
stuff without the need for floppies.

 > The i386 with 5M ram and a 40MB HD that ran it was a
> sporty box back then.  I remember bitching 'cause it was something more 
> than a dozen floppies or so.  But it had a C compiler, so I could do my 
> homework (and not dial into an AT&T 3b20 or drive in to campus and use a 
> Sun 3). 

Same deal for me; I could do pretty much all my uni assignments on my 
own PC then armed with beer and music, rather than go find a terminal on 
campus in order to talk to a Sun box.

I was running off an 89MB drive (and was fortunate enough to have a 
486/33 with a whopping 8MB of memory), but I used to boot DOS from that 
disk as well as SLS Linux (using OS/2's Boot Manager IIRC).

Ahh, fond memories of the days when PCs, software, and the 'net were 
actually fun..

cheers

Jules