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What was it? (lemmy.ugjka.net)

submitted 3 months ago by ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev

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[–] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Last week for me. I burned a FreeDOS 1.4 CD to install it on my recently acquired Pentium 4 desktop.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I'd have still used a thumb drive at this point. I/O is way better.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I am not sure if old P4 machines have the BIOS support for USB booting. I know newer chipsets will.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago

Plop go brrr. I used it on my windows me laptopto install Damn small Linux

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a newer P4 machine and it supports USB boot

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have an older i7 that does not

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I guess it depends more on the bios

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A lot of retro PC people use drive emulators you slot an SD card loaded with images files in. E.g. PicoIDE