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trying to install Win 98 onto flash drive, but problems
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:35:24 -0500, Dobbins etc
wrote: On 01/23/2017 04:18 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: There's a Linux distro called Damn Small Linux (DSL) that was designed to work well with Win98 era hardware. It can also be installed to flash devices in a way that prevents wearing them out by running completely in RAM, and thereby not performing all the small writes caused by running an OS on the flash drive itself. Unfortunately development has ceased and much of the software available is rather out of date, but it is about as usable as Win98. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ Yes, I tried a live CD of it last week after the old laptop's hd failed. It was the only distro I found that would work. The laptop only has 64 MB RAM, so that automatically disqualified most OS software running RAM. However, I could see some possible issues on the horizon such as USB support (or lack thereof) and whether or not I'd ever be able to get a 98 era webcam functional with it. I am not a linux user, un fact I really dislike it, but about 2 years ago, I really tried to make it work, and used my fastest desktop computer, which was designed for Vista. And it had RAM added to it, which I think is the limit at 2gb. I must have tried 14 to 18 distros. I tried to both boot from flash drives and to install to a spare HDD. I was amazed that NONE of the newer versions at that time, would even install. Or they would install and freeze my screen. THe most popular seems to be Mint. I tried that and several different desktops for it. That piece of **** eneded up being the most troublesome of all of them. It would completely lock the computer, and did all sorts of other crap, and even ruined a flash drive. However, Damn Small, and Puppy both worked and ran from a flash drive. I also got my hands on an old version of Pc-Linux from 2007 or 2009 (forgot), and that installed on my HDD and ran well, aside from the fact that I dont find linux to be useful for very much. I stopped trying and allowing linux to annoy me. I learned one thing, I learned that I dont like it, or want to waste anymore time with it. However I do still have Puppy linux on a flash drive, and when the motherboard on my laptop failed, I was able to plug in the HDD into another laptop. but XP would not boot, because of the different hardware. So, I booted from the Puppy linux flash drive, and was able to copy all my data on to another flash drive. |
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trying to install Win 98 onto flash drive, but problems
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:35:24 -0000, Dobbins etc
wrote: On 01/23/2017 04:18 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: There's a Linux distro called Damn Small Linux (DSL) that was designed to work well with Win98 era hardware. It can also be installed to flash devices in a way that prevents wearing them out by running completely in RAM, and thereby not performing all the small writes caused by running an OS on the flash drive itself. Unfortunately development has ceased and much of the software available is rather out of date, but it is about as usable as Win98. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ Yes, I tried a live CD of it last week after the old laptop's hd failed. It was the only distro I found that would work. The laptop only has 64 MB RAM, so that automatically disqualified most OS software running RAM. However, I could see some possible issues on the horizon such as USB support (or lack thereof) and whether or not I'd ever be able to get a 98 era webcam functional with it. tinycore says 48M min. http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/overview.html but you need a bit of linux experience to get going (it says there) -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug |
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