<OT> Re: can't load windoze

[Ric Moore]

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 09:08 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> Tim Wunder wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 14 March 2007 7:25:19 am Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> <tony describes failure to see win98 system CD on Gigabyte MB>
> >>>> Does anyone have a clue of where I should look?
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>> My guess is that you won't be able to install Win98 on that new equipment,
> >>> after all, Win98 is nearly a 10 year old O/S.
> >>>
> >>> Tim
> >> Hmm,.. an interesting thought.  The motherboard is a 2004-vintage board.
> >>  I'll try to see if I can find a Win2000 or an XP disk and see if it
> >> has the same problem.
> >> At this point, I'm trying to find out why it won't even "see" the disk.
> > 
> > Because its windows and it sucks?  Tony, can you take this sillyness to 
> > general where it belongs?  If i wanted to read about lame windoze bugs, 
> > I'd read my email at work.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Thanks, Lonnie.  Considering how grumpy you are now at half my age, I 
> can only imagine how grumpy you're going to be when you get there.

Think old age will mellow him out? It sure did me. Woof! In spades.
Besides, that was the same motherboard you had problems loading Linux on
right? Loading Windoze would be an option to see just where the fault
lies. Figure out one, you nail the other. 

When all else fails, trouble shoot with a shotgun. Ric


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