Post #814565
2026-03-27 19:30 UTC
Replies (9)
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@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social 2026-03-27 19:33
@dfx And by the time 98/98SE rolled around I not only had them on CD, I got so lazy I'd copy the CD to the HD first. 😆 (I didn't want to have to feed it the disc later. I knew of course there was some registry entry that could be edited, but better just to install it from that location to begin with and then never ever see an "insert disc" message again.) I can't even imagine feeding it that many floppies. As a kid I was put on "feed the installer floppies" duty for something (I guess 3.11 WfG?) and that was quite frustrating as it was. 38? Nope. Who didn't have at least a crappy CD-ROM by 98? Even a 1x would do.
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@foone@digipres.club 2026-03-27 19:34
@dfx sadly never available at retail, only OEMs could get it. otherwise I'd own a copy or two
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@tisha@htt.social 2026-03-27 19:41
@dfx Yeah, I want to make it one day! Tried it on the late 90's, but at least one of the floppy was bad, it didn't worked 😅
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@82mhz@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-03-27 19:42
@dfx DJ Fox hard at work ;)
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@13pt8plus@mastodon.social 2026-03-27 19:45
@dfx I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago.
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@royalrex@mastodon.online 2026-03-27 20:05
@dfx I remember installing windows from floppies. Forgot if it was 95 or 98 but at disk 28 or so, there was a problem with the floppy. No install for me...
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@casandro@f-ckendehoelle.de 2026-03-27 21:14
@dfx Well that kinda was on the tail end of Windows anyhow. AFAIK you could also get some Linux distributions on diskettes back then. Often with something like 60-90 diskettes.
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@dennishoward@mstdn.social 2026-03-27 21:35
@dfx I remember installing Windows 95 from floppies and that was bad enough. I don't think I ever did a floppy install for Windows 98.
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@lonelyautomata@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 12:10
@dfx I once tried a floppy install when the CD drive broke. Regrettably, I ran out of floppies before I was able to create a full set.