Well, it's time to head for work again, but the "change but one thing at a time" theory has been paying off thus far. CD's up and running, Zip100 is second on the hardware install/test checklist, maxed 512MB PC-133 DIMM from the QS'02 is next. Most recently, the Ultra SCSI Controller, high quality terminated cable, Cheap@$$ Chinese SCA Adapter and one of my hoard of 2.5" U160 SCA drives is purring along happily, but unformatted.
Meanwhile, on the OS front, I tried the ubuntu NetBook 9.10 Remix CD and it popped right up ready to rock. So I tried the 10.10 Desktop CD that HP_Mini loved so much while XP was down and out for the count. As halfway expected, it took so long to come up that I just killed the power.
After the aforementioned hardware evolutions and probably installing a Floppy as well, it's OS playtime again. It's probably not gonna work and even if it does it'll likely be dog slow, but I'll give the Remix a shot at that cute little SCA drive . . .
. . . while I stand by with a fire extinguisher. :O
Meanwhile, on the OS front, I tried the ubuntu NetBook 9.10 Remix CD and it popped right up ready to rock. So I tried the 10.10 Desktop CD that HP_Mini loved so much while XP was down and out for the count. As halfway expected, it took so long to come up that I just killed the power.
After the aforementioned hardware evolutions and probably installing a Floppy as well, it's OS playtime again. It's probably not gonna work and even if it does it'll likely be dog slow, but I'll give the Remix a shot at that cute little SCA drive . . .
. . . while I stand by with a fire extinguisher. :O