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  • Subject: Re: [BL] My BASIC Linux derivative SAMEL
  • Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:59:17 +0200

baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
Will it work from a 720K floppy disk?

Probabbly yes, everything currently takes 675840 bytes
Why both loadlin and syslinux?
Because, when tested on QEMU I remarked that booted floppy with syslinux can requires 4 megabytes, and started from loadlin requires 3 megabytes. But, you can not loadlin without having DOS installed on floppy.
How does backronim differ from acronym?
In acronym you have complete long name and remark that you can make pronounceable abbreviation. In backronym you start with an existing word and discover the long name which this abbreviation can stand for.

What do you suggest using this linux for? I just used my BL3.50 2-floppy version to prove that a modem works (which is not working in a larger OS). And I use it to clone fat32 files.

If nothing else, to say: My computer from trash bin can use Linux. However, there are 800 kilobytes space to add yet some commands. It might become rescue floppy or you can convert your computer to telnet terminal, or installer of hard disk based Linux ....

BTW, See how I lived without hard disk and still developed software
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/warajevo/Story.html
Sindi

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

Because floppy based Linux distributions require more RAM than hard disk
based, I just prepared special floppy distribution intended for
computers with minimal RAM (3 megabytes) but without hard disk. I gave
it backronim SAMEL, (also the name of my two months old son) meaning:
Small And Memory Economic Linux.

The floppy contains
- Kernel from BASIC Linux
- initfs.gz modified to point to the floppy
- all asmutils programs
- syslinux loader
- loadlin loader from DOS
- 800 kilobytes free space

It is on 1.44 floppy disk and uses only initial RAM disk. The image file
for testing will be soon availabel on my BASIC Linux addons site.

Samir



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