There are some other linux distros using "umsdos", this is a filesystem that emulates a unix file system over a dos fat disk. Was a common feature many years ago when the main OS was DOS and the people was interested in to test linux without partition hard disk.
I remember my first linux expeiences with: Monkey Linux, a 6 floppies that takes only about 20 Mb ram, including webserver, X, and lot of things. Mulinux, a 2 floppies distro including a basic X system. Not sure, but think umsdos continues as an option on main distros as debian. 2009/6/21, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalz...@qis.net>: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, kurt godel wrote: > >> There is a linux that runs in a fat partition: puppy; it runs in a linux >> filesystem which is inside a fat, and I have >> used it on a ten year old dell with pentium three and 128 meg ram. By the >> way, it's small size makes it an excellent >> live cd-linux on the old machines, and it sports an excellent web browser, >> with NIC drivers built in and ready to >> go. Finally I was able to install the puppy on a logical 'd' partition, >> with >> freedos on the 'c' partition, and grub4dos >> for the booting. Puppy is neat.--kurt<wb2...@gmail.com>.[?] >> > > I have not tried Puppy for over a year but I had problems getting it to > go online at our house. Any difficulties on that front? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bonnie Dalzell, MA > mail:5100 Hydes Rd PO Box 60, Hydes,MD,USA 21082-0060|EMAIL:bdalz...@qis.net > > freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog > breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com. > Editor Net.Pet Online Animal Magazine - http://www.netpetmagazine.com > HOME http://www.qis.net/~borzoi/ BUSINESS http://www.batw.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge > conference! > Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: > $250. > Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Marco A. Achury Tel: +58-(212)-6158777 Cel: +58-(414)-3142282 Fax: +58-(212)-2410828 Skype: marcoachury www.geocities.com/marcoachury ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user