superkret@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 months agoI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)feddit.orgimagemessage-square219fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1359arrow-down1imageI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)feddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square219fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespacemanspiffy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·3 months agoSplit up something like Puppy or Damn Small Linux across them all. Build a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all. Boot Linux off of all the floppies.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 months ago Build a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all. 10 floppy drive raid, please. don’t want to lose that critical data
minus-squareMalfeasant@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoOnce upon a time, there was a Linux distro that would fit on a single floppy, it was intended for system rescue, diagnostics, that sort of thing…
Split up something like Puppy or Damn Small Linux across them all.
Build a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all.
Boot Linux off of all the floppies.
10 floppy drive raid, please. don’t want to lose that critical data
This!
Once upon a time, there was a Linux distro that would fit on a single floppy, it was intended for system rescue, diagnostics, that sort of thing…