Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1325
arrow-up1325external-linkPrisoner laments reliance on floppy disks for appeals documents, limiting file sizes to 1.44 MB — prisoners allowed 20 floppy disks in cell, but USB flash sticks are banned in New Jersey systemwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squareSoapbox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoI know the flash drive ban is about being able to hide files or have a bootable alternative OS. But floppy disks have a that metal slide cover that could easily be made into a shiv. Unless they can only have the kind with plastic slides.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoYou can’t boot Linux from 20 floppy disks?
minus-squareIngeniousRocks (They/She) @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoYou can boot it from one. https://github.com/w84death/floppinux Hasnt been updated in 4 years though
minus-squareSoapbox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoI mean… Yeah, you technically can. But it won’t be a particularly modern or useful OS.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoIf it lets you install Tor, it’s worth it
I know the flash drive ban is about being able to hide files or have a bootable alternative OS.
But floppy disks have a that metal slide cover that could easily be made into a shiv. Unless they can only have the kind with plastic slides.
You can’t boot Linux from 20 floppy disks?
You can boot it from one.
https://github.com/w84death/floppinux
Hasnt been updated in 4 years though
I mean… Yeah, you technically can. But it won’t be a particularly modern or useful OS.
If it lets you install Tor, it’s worth it