From: Allan Ballard (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sun Jul 16 2000 - 00:21:16 EDT
There is every advantage to using floppy installs.
The floppies can be updated to reflect changing
technology.
Maybe that can be done with CD's nowadays, I don't
know. I do know that the OS/2 install floppies out-of-the-box
can be updated to support some technological advances,
such as huge hard drives.
Win 95 needs to boot into something that will recognize a
CD player. I always thought that meant a DOS disk,
as in boot to dos, then run the CD. Not too much differences
there, except no updates at the get-go. And you have to remember
how to recognize your CD player in DOS.
MY TP Win95 OSR2 requires its own boot disk, prior to running
the CD. Never noticed what it does.
NT 4 requires install disks, same as OS/2. Don't know if they
are updatable, though.
My main reason for running OS/2 is its stability. NT seems
to be fairly game, but Win95 just plain s*cks. It will go down
on its own if you leave it running alone for a few months.
The advantage of Win9x products is a more ready supply
of drivers. This is more of a niceity than a necessity, though.
So far I have the ability to run all I need in OS/2.
Allan Ballard
primary pc - homemade, booting to DOS, Win3.11, NT 4.0, Warp 4.0.
and probably Linux whenever I get around to it.
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 16:46:34 -0400, Jeffrey D Grinnell wrote:
>
>Also, please explain why there is "no technical advantage" by having
>the install start from the floppy which can be upgraded? You never
>said. You only said there wasn't and then made a personal attack.
>Tell us your reasoning please.
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