is there a grapical floppy install of nix out there?

[jackofalltrades]

let me know if you know of a floppy installed nix with a graphical interface.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Umm is there any reason you can't use a cd? A Linux OS on a floppy isn't going to be pretty..

 

[skyking]

there are netinstalls on floppy, but they go out and get a bunch more stuff of the web. you need broadband to get those systems up.
debian example.

 

[Nothinman]

QNX might still fit on a floppy, but nothing Linux based will run from a floppy and have a GUI on it that I know of.

 

[alaricljs]

Back in the day Slackware was a floppy based install (like 50 floppies). These days they expect you either have net access or CDs. The debian netinstaller is how I do my installs. Not familiar with BSD, but I'd put down money that it's pretty much the same way.

Here's another option however: I take the hard drive and connect it via USB dongle to my laptop and use vmware to install debian to the HDD. Once everything is installed I pull it and re-attach it to the intended system. I've never run into any issues doing this.

 

[Brazen]

Look here for your floppy installation options with Ubuntu: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation</a></a>

While this is Ubuntu-specific, it may be possible to adapt the methods to whatever distro you like. Also, check out this Linux Beginner FAQ.

 

[kamper]

As long as you have a server nearby, I'm sure this would be very doable with / on nfs. Heck, with pxe, would you even need a floppy?

 

[Brazen]

Originally posted by: kamper
As long as you have a server nearby, I'm sure this would be very doable with / on nfs. Heck, with pxe, would you even need a floppy?

That would depend on whether his nic supported pxe or not. If it doesn't, then you can still do a pxe boot from a floppy.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: Brazen

Originally posted by: kamper
As long as you have a server nearby, I'm sure this would be very doable with / on nfs. Heck, with pxe, would you even need a floppy?

That would depend on whether his nic supported pxe or not. If it doesn't, then you can still do a pxe boot from a floppy.

Or a USB cd drive plus a floppy bootloader.

 

[Cogman]

not linux, but there is a Gui OS that runs completely on one Floppy (without requiring some outside media)
http://www.menuetos.net/

But, why on earth would you want to do that?