on 12/22/02 10:01 PM, Darren at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Brian Futrell wrote:
>
>> I tried what you mentioned, and when it got to 99% (sometimes it occurs when
>> less has been done) it just sits there.
>>
> Thats odd, is this while your creating the partition with fdisk or the
> format command?
>
It was using the format command. With MSDOS 6.22, it does not list a
percentage when partitioning the disk.
>> I'm using VPC 2.1.3. I purchased the upgrade to 3 when I still had an iMac,
>> but with a 200mhz 604e processor in my 9500 it's too slow to do anything
>> with except in DOS. In DOS it runs like a slow 486. On the iMac it was
>> like a slow Pentium - I think it said it had a 37.7 mhz chip in it. :> Now
>> if I got my hands on a nice G3 upgrade or a nice deal on an iBook, then I
>> may try something more recent.
>>
> version 3 I found workable on the 7300/200 Softwindows ran better from
> memory
I have RealPC 1.10 also around here somewhere. I'll try that and VPC 3 to
see what will do it.
>
>> I thought for the PC it was the three-finger salute (Ctrl-Alt-Del)? :> At
>> least it was on my PC, which I screwed up last week trying to put Mandrake
>> Linux 9 on the same hard drive as Windows 2000 Pro.
>>
> 3 fingers for a pc but ctrl, option, command and the small del key
> reboots the pc card.
> Not Win2k and MDK9 in the same partition or did your boot loader cause
> trouble?
I've done ctrl-alt-delete on the card to reboot.
I had a 40GB hard disk with 3 partitions. The first one had Windows and
some accounting applications. The second had development tools on it. The
third was a scratch partition. I deleted the scratch partition, booted the
Mandrake CD and told it to auto-partition the remaining space. Mandrake
would start ok, but forget about 3D games - about 3-4fps on a TNT2 Vanta.
When I started 2000, it took a little time to load, then when Windows
Explorer was started it would never finish finding the drives.
The 2000 machine is sitting at work now. I bought a 256MB PC133 DIMM for it
(it's a P3-600). Windows 2000 installed OK, the updates installed OK. I
try to install QuickBooks Pro 99, then the next time it restarts it
bluescreens for 1.2 of a second and restarts. I've tried an Athlon 1200,
but it restarts as soon as Visual Basic 5 is installed.
I also have a K6-2 500 with a new 256MB PC100 DIMM, with other problems.
Argh! Through all of this my 9500 works just great! :> So do my slower
PCs, like a P2-300 Sony Vaio and a Gateway 2000 with a Celeron 300. Very
strange....
>
>> It looks like it's time to drag out my 8500 again.
>>
> Are you sure the 4.3gb drive is error free? its given you some trouble
> or are you using other drives as well for your macOS testing?
>
I've got 2 4.3GB IBM drives. So far they have been used in a variety of
Macs without incident. My 8500 has always had its quirks - it was not in
good condition when I got it. I may look for a 75/7600 for a replacement.
Brian Futrell
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