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minus-squareCallMeAl (like Alan)@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 months agoLast week for me. I burned a FreeDOS 1.4 CD to install it on my recently acquired Pentium 4 desktop.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoI mean, I’d have still used a thumb drive at this point. I/O is way better.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoI am not sure if old P4 machines have the BIOS support for USB booting. I know newer chipsets will.
minus-squarenotthebees@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoPlop go brrr. I used it on my windows me laptopto install Damn small Linux
minus-squareoatscoop@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoA lot of retro PC people use drive emulators you slot an SD card loaded with images files in. E.g. PicoIDE
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI have a newer P4 machine and it supports USB boot
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI have an older i7 that does not
minus-squarekittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI guess it depends more on the bios
Last week for me. I burned a FreeDOS 1.4 CD to install it on my recently acquired Pentium 4 desktop.
I mean, I’d have still used a thumb drive at this point. I/O is way better.
I am not sure if old P4 machines have the BIOS support for USB booting. I know newer chipsets will.
Plop go brrr. I used it on my windows me laptopto install Damn small Linux
A lot of retro PC people use drive emulators you slot an SD card loaded with images files in. E.g. PicoIDE
I have a newer P4 machine and it supports USB boot
I have an older i7 that does not
I guess it depends more on the bios