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minus-square@21CabbagelinkEnglish10•6 months agoWhy did I have to burn multiple install CDs before finally getting one to work back in 2013?
minus-square@GimpydudelinkEnglish6•6 months agoFor the same reason I had to buy a stack of floppies to install it in the 90’s
minus-square@21CabbagelinkEnglish2•6 months agoWeren’t floppy’s relatively rewritable? Why did you have to buy multiple instead of simply trying multiple times?
minus-square@GimpydudelinkEnglish1•5 months agoFloppies were very rewritable, but the distro wouldn’t fit on a single one.
minus-square@21CabbagelinkEnglish1•5 months agoSee but I’m talking about burning an install CD for Puppy and having it just straight not work and the solution being “just burn another one” like CDs were cheap for a 13 year old.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoI think you have a little bit of solder flux stuck in your gray beard on the left side… No, other left.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoGood thing floppes were dirt cheap back then.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months agoBecause not all distros work with their respective boot floppies. I gather you finally realized that in 2013.
Why did I have to burn multiple install CDs before finally getting one to work back in 2013?
For the same reason I had to buy a stack of floppies to install it in the 90’s
Weren’t floppy’s relatively rewritable? Why did you have to buy multiple instead of simply trying multiple times?
Floppies were very rewritable, but the distro wouldn’t fit on a single one.
See but I’m talking about burning an install CD for Puppy and having it just straight not work and the solution being “just burn another one” like CDs were cheap for a 13 year old.
I think you have a little bit of solder flux stuck in your gray beard on the left side… No, other left.
Good thing floppes were dirt cheap back then.
Because not all distros work with their respective boot floppies. I gather you finally realized that in 2013.