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Alfalinux Project - Alfalinux is a minidistribuition on two floppy disks. Based on Slackware. Uses libc 5.0 and kernel 2.0.X.

Avd Project - Home for AVD, SWIM and BootRoot which creates a two-disk Linux system. The lilo method creates a boot disk with lilo, a kernel and an initrd image; the root disk can contain either a gzip- or bzip2-compressed filesystem.

Brutalware: Floppy Linux - Linux 1.1; its diskette distribution. Runs entirely from floppy disk

Compacting Linux in A Floppy - This document desribes the require steps to create your own Linux mini-distribution that fit to a floppy disk.

Coyote Linux - Coyote Linux is a single floppy distribution of Linux that stems from the Linux Router Project. This distribution is geared for people that have an ethernet-based Internet connection such as a cable modem or DSL that they wish to share with other computers on a LAN.

DLX Distribution - A linux system running on Intel PC's. DLX comes on only one 3,5" floppydisk. DLX boots with a kernel >= 1.3.89 and starts a ramdisk image. DLX also has a writeable ext2 filesystem of about 130 kb on the floppy to store configuration scripts. DLX supports parallel-port ZIP-Drive.

F d L i n u x - Fd Linux is a very tiny floppy distribution of Linux, set to fit on 2 floppy disks (Disk 1 for the kernel, Disk 2 for root fs). All binaries are based on Red Hat.

Floppix: Linux on 2 floppies - Floppix is a teaching tool; it is a very small subset of Debian/ GNU Linux that fits on two 3.5" 1.4Mb diskettes. The current version is derived from Debian 2.1

FloppyX - FloppyX from XDenu is Linux+XFree in two floppies. Package is booted and run from floppies, never referencing the hard disks. Configuration scripts run at install for each host and configuration is saved on the second floppy for later use.

Fluf - Linux na jednu disketu - Fluf - one disk Linux - site in Czech.

FrazierWall Linux - A networking-centric micro-distribution of Linux that can be used in place of a traditional router. LRP is small enough to fit on a single floppy disk, and makes building and maintaining routers, bridges, firewalls, switches, and access servers very easy.

GNU Dualix Homepage - GNU Dualix is a mini-distribution of Linux based on libc5, kernel 2.2.10. It is intended for use as a quick, portable, and configurable network client, not a rescue system.

Grey Cat Linux - Grey Cat Linux is a small Linux distribution based on Slackware 3.5 and BasicLinux. It comes with the standard Linux/Unix utilities, and other software, like a browser, wordprocessor, irc app and webserver. Run from harddisk or floppies.

Jos Lemmens Page - bootroot - Boot and root on one flop with an ELF 2.0.33 kernel, modules enabled and the jabt driver at the first serial port. (1377KB)

LIAP: Linux in a Pillbox project homepage - Linux in a Pillbox contains different "pills" or mini distributions for specific uses. The result is a set of specialized, easily configurable linux floppies.

LOAF - Linux On A Floppy - LOAF is meant to be used as a client for various network protocols. This includes lynx (a web browser), ftp (for transferring files), telnet (for accessing remote computers), and ssh (for securely accessing remote computers).

Linux from EMJ Embedded Systems - EMJ Embedded Linux is a 1.44 disk image for use with a 16 meg flash disk. EMJ Systems is a distributor of embedded and PC/104 systems.

Martins Linux-Mandrake disks - Martins Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on 2 floppy disks

Nuclinux - The goal of Nuclinux is to make a handy netlinux that fits on a single floppy.

Pocket Linux - designed to quickly convert PC workstation into secure linux-based workstation using ssh to connect to remote host (other networking clients are also supported). It supports bootp for determining host IP and other network parameters (there's also manual configuration possible, but bootp is recommended). In addition to workstations equipped with a network card (ethernet or arcnet), you can also use Pocket Linux on a PC equipped with a modem. Modem is automatically detected and then PPP connection is made.

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