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DJ Rawkus
03-25-2002, 09:12 PM
Ok, i'll admit i'm stumped by this one. Here's the script ::as it were::...

I've nuked linux and MBR on my old box (133 pentium, 24 meg RAM, SCSI HD) and am trying to install win98SE on it. I shoulda never uninstalled linux, but save the public burning for later, penguin lovers. I know my sin, i need help now. Here's the worst part: i get thru setup all the way into the logo screen "setting up windows for the first time"..pause in hard drive grinding away..my computer goes to black screen and the message " windows protection error. please restart computer" appears . I do as it says and restart, and it gets into loading himem.sys driver and the damn thing detects a 'bad memory error'. Now correct me if im wrong, but if i really had bad memory, wouldn't linux have said something too? At the very least, wouldn't have win98 setup detected it also? My real question is, how in the hell do i get Windows on my box? Yes, i know it will be slow. Yes, Winblows. Yes, I should put linux back on. I'm merely putting windows on becuz Samba bit the dust 2 weeks ago, and i haven't been able to do anything worthwhile on my network since. *g33k sob*
Nimble*Syd
03-25-2002, 09:19 PM
53x0r!
burnt
03-25-2002, 09:30 PM
sounds like it could be 2 things:

you're using a SCSI hard drive, are you certain that your adapter is set to port 0 and that your hdd is on port 1? have you installed the SCSI bios? (not necessary, but it wouldn't hurt...)

it could also be a bad hdd sector.

if this is the case, you're gonna hear a lot of great ideas about how you can run this scary dos command or that bios hack. you might even get a brilliant suggestion from some genius about how to crack open your hard drive case and clean it off with a brillo pad and a brillo pad. er somethin.

take it from a pro who failed all of his A+ certs. download Boot-IT from www.download.com and let that script kiddy free prog do all the magic. its never let me down. =)

oh, and doesn't win98 require 32mb ram? heh, there's a third option, pop another stick in there and see if you have any love.

good luck.
s1n
03-25-2002, 09:32 PM
linux -- is that like chex mix?
DJ Rawkus
03-25-2002, 09:40 PM
haha! I was waiting for you two to respond. I now feel it appropriate to add Burnt somewhere into the Nwtekno Bible thread..but off to go tinker with those suggestions first.
Hookups
03-25-2002, 11:00 PM
Shame on you! Microsoft is evil.



Somebody had to say it;)
burnt
03-25-2002, 11:19 PM
bible?

my grandparents were mormon, and have supplied me with my own version of the bible. but thanks anyway. :D
DJ Rawkus
03-25-2002, 11:30 PM
what if i gave you gold plates that an angel (ok ok.. the tooth fairy) gave me in exchange for a chapter on you alone? I'll call it the "Lost Book of Burntziah". btw, Boot-IT rawks..but i already have PM for that uber-fun partition job later...I think i'll pop in 32 megs (of different memory, mind you) and feel da luv...or luv.exe..or luv.tgz..or../luv..or..u get the idea! =)
Hookups
03-25-2002, 11:59 PM
Linux on PS2!

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/03/21/linuxps2.html

Is anyone going to get this and start hacking?
tallcan
03-26-2002, 09:28 AM
Originally posted by Hookups
Linux on PS2!

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/03/21/linuxps2.html

Is anyone going to get this and start hacking?
I know a few people who did this or very similiar things.
tallcan
03-26-2002, 09:33 AM
http://www.kali.com/sage/pics/microslave.jpg
http://www.kali.com/sage/pics/billhell.gif
s1n
03-26-2002, 11:36 AM
Originally posted by Hookups
Linux on PS2!

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/03/21/linuxps2.html

Is anyone going to get this and start hacking?
LOL.
*sits at PS2*
./hax0r big.elite.server.com

that almost as cool as looking at lesbian pr0n on my little brothers dreamcast
capttwinky
03-26-2002, 11:54 AM
Just because I love you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q149962
Jizosh
03-26-2002, 12:12 PM
Originally posted by capttwinky
Just because I love you:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q149962

heh...and know you know what i do 9 hours out of the day.

microserf, indeed.
DJ Rawkus
03-26-2002, 03:14 PM
We have liftoff!! I replaced some memory, fiddled with the startup drivers, and now it's workin dandy =) Thanks to everyone that helped!
burnt
03-26-2002, 03:40 PM
that's (http://www.moviesounds.com/sp/fkwin98.wav)nice to hear (http://www.moviesounds.com/sp/billgates.wav)
Axiom
03-26-2002, 03:44 PM
shudda bought a mac....
Psyke
03-26-2002, 04:53 PM
You mean a calclator on a power trip...hehe

*sticks out tongue*
LunaLizz
03-27-2002, 04:36 PM
Originally posted by s1n
linux -- is that like chex mix?
roflmfaooooooooo!~
cute..... >D
Axiom
03-27-2002, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by Psyke
You mean a calclator on a power trip...hehe

*sticks out tongue*

if it means I won't crash every 10 minutes, I don't care what people call it ;)