What OS can I run on an 80MB drive?

Arcanedeath

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Win 3.1 might fit in that. and their was a project that fit win95 down that small if I recall, also some minimal Linux installs might work or you could just run them from CD.
 

BCinSC

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'Caus I paid good money for it a while back and I have a old laptop that needs a drive.
 

calyco

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Damn Small Linux? Sorry cant give you more info, I just started looking at it last night.
 

Maluno

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Yeah, you could use any one of a number of whittled-down linux distros. Even more possibly, a LiveCD such as slax.
 

BCinSC

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System probably won't have a CD drive (i'll borrow from another laptop to setup)
 

SeTeS

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puppy linux. full gui in like 60 megs, so you have some room for data or extra apps.
 

NewBlackDak

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A trimmed BeOS would run in 80mb, and probably be better than any of the others offered.

If you want a bigger drive, I have a 4GB I could sell you.
 

BlueWeasel

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Both Damn Small Linux and Puppy Linux would work great on a 80mb drive. Each download is only 50-60mb and I keep DSL and Puppy on those mini-CDRW discs for easy access.

You'd be suprised what all is included with the OS. Obviously, they don't have the features of the full-featured distros like Ubuntu, MEPIS, etc., but I was so impressed with DSL, I thought about putting it on my laptop since it's so lightweight.
 

BCinSC

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I never thought about BeOS - though I have several versions. That might be fun to tinker with again. I've got bigger drives, but was hoping to recycle this one into circulation.
 

eggrole1

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i'd spring for a <10gb hdd... im sure one can be had for like 10usd. THat is if that old lappy takes 3.5", a 2.5" might be more than a couple of bucks.