I remember when Slackware fit on a single 3.5" floppy. There was a second disk, but you only needed that if you wanted to install X, and why would you want X when you had virtual terminals you could just switch between?
Thanks for making me feel young :) When I first used Slackware, I think the base set was 13 floppies, and that didn't include networking or X. This was before insmod/modprobe and I had to re-compile the kernel once I'd saved up the 80 pounds to buy a sound card. The compilation took the whole night on my 486, and I needed several attempts before I got it working. Kernel 1.1.59 I think.
I remember when Slackware fit on a single 3.5" floppy. There was a second disk, but you only needed that if you wanted to install X, and why would you want X when you had virtual terminals you could just switch between?