🚀 go-pugleaf

>>What I'd like to do is make a self-contained boot floppy that has a minimal
>>Linux system (X, networking, bootp, etc), and which I could use to turn a PC
>>into an X terminal. That way, users like myself could access X apps on the
>>Suns from any PC.

>I don't think you will fit X onto a floppy, the docs imply some tens of MB 
>so you will need some hard disk space. It may be possible to use some of the 
>DOS space to store the X stuff however so you might be able to 
>boot from a floppy or two and then run X without having to 
>go around re-partitioning. 

Check out the mini-linux distribution. On 4 floppies you get a minimal
Linux, networking, and X! It also runs on UMSDOS, so all you need is a
small Dos partition (or even just a directory, I'm not sure).

Having installed that, you could use a boot floppy to get it up.

This sounds as close to ideal for your needs as what you can get.


>Also you will need something like 
>8MB on a 486 33 to get X up in comfort. 

Comfort ain't everything. Besides, Windows isn't that fast on a 386sx33
either!

Mark




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