on 5.27.2002 8:17 PM, Scott Holder at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Yes, I see what you mean. Excuse me. Like DOS shell in DOS 5 - text or graphics mode. All graphics mode did for me was to make the text too small & unreadable. Oh, BTW, I'd done the same with Windows 3.0, but I didn't have to use a specially formatted floppy. Then I booted an IBM PS/2 286 that wouldn't see any hard disks. Oh well, this is a Mac list. Let's end this thread. -- Aqua Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] Macintosh & PC Computer Tech "Reality is that which when you stop believing in it does not go away." -- 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
