You can get "Monkey Linux" which I think will fit on 4 or 5 floppies and
comes zipped. It works under the UMSDOS file system so no need to
re-format. Because it's a compact distribution it does not take up much
disk space. You can probably get it from a number of FTP sites (try
looking under /linux/distributions or similar) but I'm afraid I don't
have an exact URL.
enjoy,
Martin
>
> Is there any way to try out an existing machine (AMD "486",
> in my case)
> to see that it's worth attempting a complete installation? I seem to
> have read that the installations that begin with a couple of floppies
> (?) essentially "prove out the machine", more or less, before you
> transfer oodles from CD-ROM and do the detailed configuration.
>
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