FLOPPINUX - An Embedded 🐧Linux on a Single 💾Floppy

Project goal is simple: create latest Linux OS that fits on one floppy and boots right into the embedded application.

This is the meta page that lists all the information about the project.

Articles

• Article and tutorial on creating FLOPPINUX from scratch
• Creating sample application for FLOPPINUX
• How To Build 32-bit FLOPPINUX on a 64-bit Operating System
• Community showcase

Resources

• Sources https://github.com/w84death/floppinux
• Instruction in PDF floppinux-manual-0.1.0.pdf
• Instruction in ePUB/PDF (mirror) https://archive.org/details/floppinux-manual
• Floppy Image backup https://archive.org/details/floppinux_0.2.1

Discussion

• Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27247612
• HackADay https://hackaday.com/2021/05/24/running-modern-linux-from-a-single-floppy-disk/
• hackster.io https://www.hackster.io/news/floppinux-places-a-compact-form-of-linux-on-a-floppy-disk-3f5fdab432b0
• Adafruit https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/05/27/floppinux-an-embedded-linux-on-a-single-floppy-linux-w84death/
• Mastodon https://mastodon.social/web/statuses/106257685960283225
• Fork by clark_electric repo https://gitlab.com/clark_electric/floppinux and a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bjI7HoQ50

Articles

• https://pappp.net/?p=45560

                                    _________________
                                /_/ FLOPPINUX  /_/;
                                / ' boot disk  ' //
                                / '------------' //
                                /   .--------.   //
                            /   /         /  //
                            .___/_________/__//   1440KiB
                            '===\_________\=='   3.5"


                        Now go and make something fun with it!