[Coco] DriveWire

[Frank Pittel]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:17:21AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Monday 13 April 2009, wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:

> >----- "Bruce W. Calkins" <brucewcalkins at charter.net> wrote:

> >> From: "Bruce W. Calkins" <brucewcalkins at charter.net>

> >> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> >> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:14:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern

> >> Subject: Re: [Coco] DriveWire

> >>

> >> > Just show me an example of somebody

> >> > (not a Microsoft employee or contractor)

> >> > installing a supported Microsoft OS on

> >> > bare metal in this millennium.

> >>

> >> Been there, done that.  98SE & XP Pro 64 bit.

> >>

> >> > I can do it with any of a dozen

> >> > Linux distros.

> >>

> >> In most cases LINUX is easier, but I have one unit that runs a "test"

> >> of XP

> >> Pro quite well, but chokes on LINUX.

> >

> >Tell me the MOBO models.  I can't think of one that will "test" XP and won't

> > run Linux.  Does it "run" XP?  And while 98SE isn't quite "this

> > millennium", I'd like some details as to what kind of bare metal you

> > inflicted that onto.  As in a decade and a half, I haven't found a system

> > (386 & up) that wouldn't boot Linux if it booted Windows 3.11 or later.

> 

> IIRC linux won't run on a 386-SX, or at least I couldn't get it to fly many 

> years ago.  W-95 ran on it ok.  Glacial speeds though...


I never had a problem getting linux to run on my 386-sx at the time. Bringing
this conversation back to the modern era. I've had little trouble getting Linux
to run on modern hardware for years. While I haven't confirmed it first hand I've
heard rumors that Linux works with more hardware then vista.

I would also like to again suggest that people that tried linux and had problems with
hardware support more then 5 years ago try it now with a current release of say Ubuntu.
(not my favorite but it works well)