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3 mb of ram

BasicLinux DOS version, Intel 386 or compatible, boots from DOS and runs in a loop file


6 mb of ram

Serverdisk 6 mb ramdisk allocation (average about 5mb free space after boot, boots from one floppy


8 mb of ram

BasicLinux Floppy version, Intel 386 or compatible, boots from two floppies
BootE at least a 386, boots from one floppy
Floppyfw a 386sx or better,with two network interface cards, boots from one floppy
Freesco at least a 386sx 16, 16+mb of ram is recommended for enabling servers, boots from one floppy
Howl a 486 DX or better Intel/IBM PC based computer, boots from one floppy
Mininux For less than 8 mb of ram you will need to set up swap
Tomssrtbt about 8meg to boot, even more to unpack, boots from one floppy
Trunux i486 or better boots from a single floppy or CD-ROM, loads it packages from an HTTP/FTP server, a FAT/NTFS/ISO filesystem, or additional floppies
WebWolf a 486 DX or better Intel/IBM PC based computer, boots from one floppy
WebLamd a 486 DX or better Intel/IBM PC based computer, boots from one floppy
WebPack a 486 DX or better Intel/IBM PC based computer, boots from one floppy
2-Disk X window embedded Linux at least 386SX, boots from two floppies

16 mb of ram

BG-Rescue Linux at least a 386 machine, boots from two floppies or one eltorito-boot cd
Floppix at least a 486DX, boots from two floppies
Pocket Linux boots from one floppy

32 mb of ram

Coyote Linux personal firewall 486DX/25 or better processor, cdrom
Crash Recovery for Linux Intel i386/i486/i586/i686 Pentium Pro and Pentium II system, boots from about nine floppies or one cd

not stated
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Mininux Looks like it boots from oe floppy and loads exteras from another floppy
MuLinux has at least two floppys
NucLinux boots from one floppy
PAUD boots from one floppy, has an optional expansion floppy
Sisela boots of cdrom or one floppy



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