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Redditor Boots Linux Kernel 5.8 On 30-Year-Old Intel Processor via Floppy
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* [55]Sarvottam Kumar
* [56]June 30, 2020
Redditor Booted Linux Kernel 5.8.0-rc2+ From A Floppy On Intel 80486
Do you remember your first PC on which you booted Linux from floppy?
Well, Floppy disk is almost dead. The majority of people now use USB
sticks or DVDs to install Linux distros on their PCs. However, retro
enthusiasts love to revive their old hardware and relive the flashback.
Recently, a Redditor who goes by the name
`FozzTexx' [57]demonstrated the latest stable Linux Kernel 5.8.0-rc2+
running from his floppy disk. He successfully booted a tiny kernel on a
30-year-old 32-bit Intel 80486 (i486 or 486) CPU.
Now, if you think Linux kernel has dropped support for anything older
than i686, it may prove you wrong. You know that freedom,
customization, and support for legacy hardware are the characteristics
of Linux.
Speaking of booting OS, if you're 90s kid, you may remember installing
Linux with boot floppies or installation CDs offered by Linux distros.
Nowadays, the scenario has changed as people download the ISO from
official websites and install it by creating a bootable USB or DVD.
In case you're still wondering about booting Linux from floppy, a retro
enthusiasts FozzTexx did it using a single 1.44MB floppy disk on his
i486 CPU.
Booting Linux from 1.44MB floppy Booting Linux from 1.44MB floppy
He pulled the fresh Kernel 5.8.0-rc2+ from the git repo and shrank it
to fit on a floppy using make tinyconfig. Then, he booted it on 486
into a busybox shell using rootfs.cpio.gz from Aboriginal Linux.
The tiny kernel surely misses network support or any other functional
support. Though it may seem useless, the Redditor also added options
like IDE support. Surprisingly, when he attached a hard drive and
booted into the shell, he could see the drive as connected and its full
capacity. You can see the result in the picture below.
Hard disk attached to 486 CPU Hard disk attached to 486 CPU
You can also read the Twitter [58]thread describing how he started
loading kernel 5.8 on a 486 from floppy.
This is for all you [59]#floppy lovers out there: Linux 5.8.0-rc2+
pulled fresh from the git repo this morning booting into a busybox
shell using the rootfs.cpio.gz from Aboriginal Linux.
[60]#RetroComputing [61]pic.twitter.com/zaB9lpggPX
-- FozzTexx (@FozzTexx) [62]June 28, 2020
If you also have a 486 system lying around and want to load Linux, you
can follow the tutorial which he'll put on his [63]blog site soon.
[64]Sarvottam Kumar
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