Neowin Forums > Minux: The One Disk Linux System

polo69

May 1 2002, 18:26

This is a cool little Distro i use :

Minux is a very small Linux system. No harddisk, no CD-ROM, no installation needed.

It needs just one 3.5" floppy disk !

It's usefull:

To run a computer with Linux, where no installation is possible or allowed. (For example your office computer, etc.)

To do some work on Linux, without installing a complete Linux system.

If you want to use some of the very usefull commands and tools from Linux.

You want to run your old computer as a Linux machine and you don't want to do any installation, just to check, if it works.

etc.

http://www.online-center.com/minux/

Wing

May 5 2002, 06:48

Quote -

Originally posted by polo69

This is a cool little Distro i use :

Minux is a very small Linux system. No harddisk, no CD-ROM, no installation needed.

It needs just one 3.5" floppy disk !

It's usefull:

To run a computer with Linux, where no installation is possible or allowed. (For example your office computer, etc.)

To do some work on Linux, without installing a complete Linux system.

If you want to use some of the very usefull commands and tools from Linux.

You want to run your old computer as a Linux machine and you don't want to do any installation, just to check, if it works.

etc.

http://www.online-center.com/minux/

I believe minix is a different unix...

werejag

May 5 2002, 06:52

Quote -

Originally posted by polo69

This is a cool little Distro i use :

Minux is a very small Linux system. No harddisk, no CD-ROM, no installation needed.

It needs just one 3.5" floppy disk !

It's usefull:

To run a computer with Linux, where no installation is possible or allowed. (For example your office computer, etc.)

To do some work on Linux, without installing a complete Linux system.

If you want to use some of the very usefull commands and tools from Linux.

You want to run your old computer as a Linux machine and you don't want to do any installation, just to check, if it works.

etc.

http://www.online-center.com/minux/

minux is quiet old (20+years old) or this persons have stolen the name

Tom Servo

May 5 2002, 17:53

The real one is called Minix, not Minux.

DrunkenMaster

May 6 2002, 04:11

There's also a bunch of FreeBSD and Linux based one disk systems out there. If you guys don't have the money for a router or just have a spare computer around (386 or higher) you can set it up.

Its really cool cause you can set it up to run a web server, DNS, proxy etc off one disk. Just do a google search orgo to freshmeat.I used one for a while and they work really well.