At 07:54 PM 5/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: >on 5/27/02 4:30 PM, Scott Holder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Yeah, that's because the PC doesn't have to boot a GUI ;) The Win2k > > installation that boots into a quasi-GUI takes 4 floppies :) > >How does Win 2k (also NT 4 and XP) boot into anything resembling a GUI with >floppies? Now, yes, after it copies GUI files to your HDD and reboots from >it, you see a GUI, but that is in the second or third stage of install >(after HDD formatting & partitioning, all done in text mode).
I meant during the install where it sits at "Starting Windows 2000" for a moment or two, still in text mode, then the screen flashes and it's still text, but a little different. That's technically a graphical mode even though it's text, and hence a quasi-GUI even though it's not very GUIish ;) I actually managed to stuff a barely-function Windows 3.1 a few years ago on a boot disk that had a custom formatter used on it that let it work at close to the full 2 megs. Kind of interesting. Scott Holder -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
