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By using SysLinux, we can build a bootable Linux floppy on an ordinary MS-DOS formatted floppy.
By using BusyBox, we only need to include one program to emulate dozens of Linux utilities.

Links:
Student Handout
MakeDisk.sh shell script
Speaker's Notes

I needed a floppy that could run a terminal program. Or heck, any program. I knew how to do it in DOS, but I work at a Linux shop. I needed to learn how to do it in Linux.

Building a Linux Boot Disk with SysLinux and BusyBox