Re: TI-H: Re: Re: OS OT
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Re: TI-H: Re: Re: OS OT
Or, buy CD online for $1. Most user groups will give them away for free.
Grant
>heck, do what i did in exactly the same situation: download linux or bsd or
>whatever onto a harddisk, then disconnect the drive and put it in the other
>computer. Install off harddrive. Works great.
>
>--kaus
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bernard" <npfs@cybcon.com>
>To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:56 PM
>Subject: TI-H: Re: OS OT
>
>
>>
>> i'd do all these things but the problem is my computer is a stand alone
>no
>> connetion to any lines, and if i could get a phone line onto it still
>> wouldn't work cause everything is so messed up (the system) otherwise i
>> would go online and download BeOS and/or Linux and/or BSD right now also
>we
>> have no zip drive so the only way i can get anything downloaded from the
>> internet to my computer is a 1.44 disk which limits my possibilities by
>> alot (that's why i'm going to buy linux next time i go out). but i'm
>taking
>> as much input as possible from everyone for when i do get an upgrade (OS
>or
>> hardware either way i need one). otherways i'd be more helping but i'll
>> still contribute as much as i know.
>> from our experence with Norton there've been a few problems (quite a few)
>so
>> we just got rid of it formated the disks (when they were disks) for reuse.
>> the disks were good, but we've stayed away from norton.
>> Bernard
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> ???: "Aaron Peterson" <happy_cobbler@bigfoot.com>
>> ???: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>> ????: Thursday, April 27, 2000 16:36
>> ??: TI-H: OS OT
>>
>>
>> >
>> > got Linux Mandrake 5 or 6... I feel like a dumb dumb trying to use it.
>> It
>> > keeps on saying it can't change the lilo... and all I did was use a gui
>> > floper to choose dos as the default thing to be loaded.
>> >
>> > I got win98 SE and all the tools. (msdn subscription)
>> > It is cool stuff.
>> >
>> > My computer has been VERY stable since I installed win98 (er... got rid
>> of
>> > Norton)... even more so since win98SE... I get uptimes of 10-15 days.
>> then
>> > I reboot cause some prog didn't give its memory all back... and it is a
>> > clean reboot... And I've been running sloppy emulators (Apple IIgs,
>Atari
>> > 800) (VTI is not sloppy)
>> >
>> > When I run the linux... The configurer doesn't detect my cards properly,
>I
>> > can't remember the capitalization of the file I want to edit... (I love
>> the
>> > man's though)
>> >
>> > I can get my modem to dial... but I can't connect to my ISP with it. I
>> have
>> > searched for the info... no can find. (external USrobotics Courier)
>> >
>> >
>> > But I do have to say that my moms computer crashes a lot... She still
>has
>> > Norton installed. (and its got the funky power saving features)
>> >
>> > I am downloading BeOs as we speek. I am going to install the IIgs
>> emulators
>> > on it... (and if I can ever figure out how to) and on my Linux.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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