UnderpantsWeevil comments on What was it?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (6 children)

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

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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago (5 children)

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

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[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 5 points 7 months ago

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

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[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 1 point 7 months ago*

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

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

I have a newer P4 machine and it supports USB boot

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[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

I have an older i7 that does not

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago*

I guess it depends more on the bios

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