On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:19 AM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:36:17 -0800 > Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> dijo: > > >> Maybe I didn't read carefully enough. What do you need the CD drive > >> for? > > >I want to install windows 95 or 98. (It has usb 2) I do not know if > >I can get it to boot from usb. > > Someplace around the house I have a full set of Windows 95 install > floppies. I can dig them up if they would be of any help. > > It should be easy enough to test if it can boot from a USB stick. If I > recall, your regular computer has a recent version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu > comes with a utility to make a bootable USB stick. You just need an > Ubuntu ISO that you can download from Ubuntu, and a USB stick with > about 800 MB free space. > > Also, perhaps we could transplant the hard disk from the laptop to a > different laptop that has a functioning CD drive, install Windows 98, > then move it back. I have a laptop that we could use for the exercise. Thanks, John. I will first try the thumb drive approach. If that stumbles, I may take you up on your offer. How many floppies does it take for W98? Sounds terrible to me. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
