-=PCTechTalk=- Re: My little project
- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 22:15:45 -0500
The 98SE and XP part was time consuming, but not tricky. Even with broadband,
the updates take way too long and the constant rebooting is aggravating at
best.
The Linux was tricky *only* because of the boot process. I got stubborn on
the first few attempts and tried to get the boot on the hard disk. After
three attempt, I went to a boot floppy instead. Not my first choice, but
works perfectly well as long as I keep a backup of the floppy handy.
I have everything going pretty well. I have an onboard sound card that was
built way after 98 and needs a driver. The CDROM audio won't play In Linux
because Linux requires a separate audio cable from the CDROM to the
soundcard. WAV's and other files will play, but music CD's won't - yet. <G>
Not ready to break out the champagne yet, but I'm well pleased. It went
better than expected and I learned a lot. I'm sticking with Linux for my
online stuff. Much quieter service wise, very fast, and security is built
into the mail and browser instead of third party add-ons. XP will do all my
later games and my CD stuff. 98 will do all my older games and once I get a
good backup, provide some avenues of experimentation. Lots of things I
wanted to try on it when I used it before, but I don't believe in crashes so
I chickened out. Now it's not my primary option, so if I screw it up, what
the hey.
Thanks for the kind thoughts. I made it through and my wife didn't divorce
me. <G>
On Sunday 05 October 2003 04:51 pm, you wrote:
> I'll supply virtual choc chip muffins if someone'll bring the drink. lol
> Congrats Wyatt sounds like a big task.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wyatt M. Portendt
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 2:06 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- My little project
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> Hey all...
>
> I'm terribly excited. I have Win98SE, Win XP, and Mandrake Linux all
> three successfully running on one hard drive and apparently (finally)
> without a glitch in any of them. Okay, so I finally had to give up on the
> hard drive bootloader and have to use a floppy to boot, but, hey, they all
> boot and run very well so far.
>
> I have to find two drivers for 98 and I'm all done except for the image
> backup. I'm very pleased with myself right now.
>
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