"snarf" does ftp, gopher, http, & finger / is full. /usr is full. /tmp & /root have room Cpio can create and extract TAR files, except gnu -g & -G Use "man command" if a command acts strangely To run programs from your hard drive: -ELF libc5 stuff should all work. -For a.out programs, install binfmt_aout.o, mess with libraries. -For glibc6 programs, something like: ln -s /mnt/lib/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 edit ld.conf.so then ldconfig or maybe LD_LIBRARY_PATH Command history is done by ile from /bin/login, read "man ile", see /bin/login. Most network drivers are modules; use insmod and edit rc.custom.gz. To use lilo, mount the floppy to get at zImage & boot.b, chain.b is in etc. The lilo you run must have the same version as the boot.b it runs against. wc login man shutdown ps hexdump telnet tee & head are scripts or awks. See the /etc/inittab to enable rshd or dialin. design philosophies: as much stuff as possible on 1 floppy disk keep it self contained, build under itself try to make it behave like a normal system