In this technical article at ELJonline, Brian Elliott Finley reveals the software-shrinking secrets of his single-floppy Linux, called Brian's Own Embedded Linux (“BOEL”). Finley developed BOEL as part of a project to develop a tool for distributing live updates to client systems. The process involves booting the client machines in a manner such that their hard disks are not in use, and are therefore… available for manipulation.

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