# Linux from a floppy disk?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linux-from-a-floppy-disk/183052>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 23, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linux-from-a-floppy-disk/183052 "2006-03-23T12:54:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linux-from-a-floppy-disk/183052/1 "2006-03-23T12:54:27Z")

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Is it possible to make an install floppy for ubuntu? If it is how do I make one? I’m asking for a friend who doesn’t have a cd-drive atm and he wants to try ubuntu on his machine…

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linux-from-a-floppy-disk/183052/2 "2006-03-23T15:00:23Z")

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Cant you figure this out yourself.  
Ubuntu takes entire disc 700mb and a floppy is 1.44mb lol.

Just tell him to download the ISO for it and mount it on a fake drive with Alcohol 120% or with Nero.

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**Author:** ![teet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@teet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/teet)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linux-from-a-floppy-disk/183052/3 "2006-03-23T18:25:17Z")

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> Cant you figure this out yourself.  
> Ubuntu takes entire disc 700mb and a floppy is 1.44mb lol.

Just tell him to download the ISO for it and mount it on a fake drive with Alcohol 120% or with Nero.

ummm…how is he going to install it if it’s mounted on a fake drive that exists on a windows partition?

This may be helpful if your friend has broadband connection:

[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation/Netboot](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation/Netboot)

-teet

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**Author:** ![danulf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/danulf/32/555_2.png) [@danulf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/danulf)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/linux-from-a-floppy-disk/183052/4 "2006-03-23T21:12:49Z")

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> [@Templarian](#):
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> Cant you figure this out yourself.  
> Ubuntu takes entire disc 700mb and a floppy is 1.44mb lol.

wow? that big 😃 I’ve managed to devide a setup on like 12 floppys, but I was like 10 then and my brother helped me, so I don’t remember 😃 I’ll check out that netboot thing! Thanks!