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USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Vilkku on 05-29-2006 at 04:31 AM
Just a short question before I head off for school:
I got this really old laptop, but I would like to mess around with it a bit. However, it has no network card, so I can't connect it to the network, the CD-station is more or less useless and I can't install the USB memory drivers because they are for Win98SE. So, this leaves me with pretty few options:
1) Get the stick to work on my Win98 somehow.
2) Get a Linux that supports USB memory sticks installed. For this I can only use the floppy drive.
3) Any ohter suggestiuons?
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Mike on 05-29-2006 at 08:27 AM
Put the drivers from the cd on a floppy with a computer that has the CD Drive working, and put the floppy on your old laptop.
Tried that?
RE: RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Vilkku on 05-29-2006 at 01:07 PM
quote:I can get the drivers to the computer, but they won't install because my Windows is too old.
Originally posted by Mike
Put the drivers from the cd on a floppy with a computer that has the CD Drive working, and put the floppy on your old laptop.
Tried that?
quote:I just ask this because I have the old one, I wouldn't be interested in a new one.
Originally posted by Kao
get a new laptop
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by RaceProUK on 05-29-2006 at 01:44 PM
quote:Windows 95? Good luck getting USB on that!
Originally posted by Vilkku
they won't install because my Windows is too old
Windows 98 (FE)? Should be possible, if you get the right drivers.
RE: RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Vilkku on 05-29-2006 at 05:30 PM
quote:It's a Windows 98 "FE", but I didn't find any drivers for that. I did try with the only available ones, but when installing it says that my Windows is too old (drivers said they are for SE when I downloaded them). If anyone wants to search, my memory stick is a Kingston DTI/512.
Originally posted by raceprouk
quote:Windows 95? Good luck getting USB on that!
Originally posted by Vilkku
they won't install because my Windows is too old
Windows 98 (FE)? Should be possible, if you get the right drivers.
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Voldemort on 05-29-2006 at 05:50 PM
Get a DSL linux live cd distribution...
RE: RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Vilkku on 05-29-2006 at 05:54 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Nagini
Get a DSL linux live cd distribution...
quote:
Originally posted by Vilkku
the CD-station is more or less useless
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by RaceProUK on 05-30-2006 at 07:59 PM
The Kingston site only provides drivers for 98SE (ME and later have USB Mass Storage drivers built-in). I don't think you'll find pre-98SE drivers: 98SE kinda overruled FE. USB support is present though (according to Wikipedia), so you may get lucky 
RE: RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Vilkku on 05-30-2006 at 08:21 PM
quote:Yeah I knew about this, that's why I asked you guys for help. I did install the USB upgrade/patch so it supports USB, but still all devices need their own drivers. I tried upgrading to ME yesterday (had one CD of it lying around), it got to 7% and then the CD-station failed. I'm gonna try with Linux at some point.
Originally posted by raceprouk
The Kingston site only provides drivers for 98SE (ME and later have USB Mass Storage drivers built-in). I don't think you'll find pre-98SE drivers: 98SE kinda overruled FE. USB support is present though (according to Wikipedia), so you may get lucky
Anohter question, how hard is it to make the laptop monitor work as a monitor for a desktop computer (ripping up the guts of the laptop)?
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Mentality on 05-30-2006 at 08:25 PM
you tried www.driverguide.com?
Scratch that, it doesn't
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Tochjo on 05-30-2006 at 08:27 PM
What happens if you install the Windows 98 SE drivers on the first edition? A Dutch website linked to the 98 SE drivers with the text 'drivers for Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE'.
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Vilkku on 05-31-2006 at 04:34 AM
It says that my Windows version is too old and aborts the setup.
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by lizard.boy on 05-31-2006 at 08:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Vilkku
Anohter question, how hard is it to make the laptop monitor work as a monitor for a desktop computer (ripping up the guts of the laptop)?
Its possible, but for the price of a new lcd controller you may as well go buy a new monitor or a cd-rom for that pc.
RE: USB memory on Win98 or Linux installed from floppy disks by Voldemort on 05-31-2006 at 10:57 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Vilkku
quoteriginally posted by Nagini
Get a DSL linux live cd distribution...
quote
the CD-station is more or less useless
from
damnsmalllinux.org
"restore system which may be used with any writable media including a hard drive, a floppy drive, or a USB device"