Windows XP install
Windows XP install
Im trying to install windows XP onto a machine with 32mb of ram and it wont let me.
When ever i try to install it, I get "windows xp needs 64mb of memory to install" blah blah.
Now, ive tried editing the txtsetup.sif blahblah file changing it from 64mb to 1mb and such and it didnt seem to work.
Dont ask questions like why do you want to do it and such.... and why not get more memory. Well, I cant, Im completely skint and being unemployed doesnt help.
And i dont want to istall anything else because I want to network it wirelessly and windows XP is the best. I tried 2000 but it couldnt copy some of the files of the CD for whatever reason and it turned into a fucked installation. I tried windows ME and it was to big of a headache.
How ive done it is, ive got 2 hard drives. Ive got the main one with ME on it, and the second with the I386 folder of the windows XP cd and the edited txtblah.sif file
I reboot into dos using the windows ME boot disk and run the winnt file in the I386 folder and it goes through and gets to the bit where it says "Please wait while setup copies files to your hard disk"
Well, ive think ive probably been waiting nearly an hour, the light on the main hard drive is on and it randomly clicks occasionaly.
Is there any other way to do it?
When ever i try to install it, I get "windows xp needs 64mb of memory to install" blah blah.
Now, ive tried editing the txtsetup.sif blahblah file changing it from 64mb to 1mb and such and it didnt seem to work.
Dont ask questions like why do you want to do it and such.... and why not get more memory. Well, I cant, Im completely skint and being unemployed doesnt help.
And i dont want to istall anything else because I want to network it wirelessly and windows XP is the best. I tried 2000 but it couldnt copy some of the files of the CD for whatever reason and it turned into a fucked installation. I tried windows ME and it was to big of a headache.
How ive done it is, ive got 2 hard drives. Ive got the main one with ME on it, and the second with the I386 folder of the windows XP cd and the edited txtblah.sif file
I reboot into dos using the windows ME boot disk and run the winnt file in the I386 folder and it goes through and gets to the bit where it says "Please wait while setup copies files to your hard disk"
Well, ive think ive probably been waiting nearly an hour, the light on the main hard drive is on and it randomly clicks occasionaly.
Is there any other way to do it?
Would you like some OJ?
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Ive got 2k but when it copys the files from of the CD it couldnt copy some of the files ending up with a knackered install.
I would stick with ME but its got problems networking wirelessly...
I want it to connect to my main comp with windows xp on. It connects, gets an IP but theres no throughput whatsoever... its annoying.
I would stick with ME but its got problems networking wirelessly...
I want it to connect to my main comp with windows xp on. It connects, gets an IP but theres no throughput whatsoever... its annoying.
Would you like some OJ?
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Consider this when you are judging throughput: All newer PDAs and even some cell phones outstrip the machine you're trying to run XP on for both memory size and processing power. A system like that is just too slow to expect XP to work with.boo wrote:
I want it to connect to my main comp with windows xp on. It connects, gets an IP but theres no throughput whatsoever... its annoying.
Heres some advice people will almost never hear from me: Have you thought about using Linux for this task?
Nah, when i say no throughput, i seriously mean NO throughput. Theres just enough to automaticaly assign an IP and thats it. It had no problem finding the network or connecting to it. It logged in the password, found the shared folders. However, when I tried to open a shared folder or even access the internet, nothing!
Whereas, If I connect it via crossover cable, its there, its working very quickly. Acessing folders, files, shared documents as fast as any normal computer. Its got a 413mhz proc o/c from 366mhz.
If it can handle 100mbit lan, im sure it should be able to handle 11mbit wifi.
Whereas, If I connect it via crossover cable, its there, its working very quickly. Acessing folders, files, shared documents as fast as any normal computer. Its got a 413mhz proc o/c from 366mhz.
If it can handle 100mbit lan, im sure it should be able to handle 11mbit wifi.
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yeah, i know ram is cheap. about £3+ for 64mb. Im waiting on the friend who i got the parts off though, he said he might be able to get me 128mb for free 
The geezer down the road... wanted £8 for 64mb pc100!!!
Any ideas about the wireless? Or should I post another topic about it. This one seems a bit dead

The geezer down the road... wanted £8 for 64mb pc100!!!
Any ideas about the wireless? Or should I post another topic about it. This one seems a bit dead

Would you like some OJ?
Oh what the fuck.
This is a different install of ME, and I go to network it with the main XP comp, and its absolutely flawless. Can even connect with the laptop to the main XP comp. Even share files across from the ME comp to the laptop. Its a brilliant little network. Im rather chuffed setting it up by myself being only 17 and completely self taught
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This is a different install of ME, and I go to network it with the main XP comp, and its absolutely flawless. Can even connect with the laptop to the main XP comp. Even share files across from the ME comp to the laptop. Its a brilliant little network. Im rather chuffed setting it up by myself being only 17 and completely self taught

Would you like some OJ?
honestly... thats probably not a bad idea.Tormentius wrote:boo wrote:
I want it to connect to my main comp with windows xp on. It connects, gets an IP but theres no throughput whatsoever... its annoying.
Heres some advice people will almost never hear from me: Have you thought about using Linux for this task?
slow systems that need to be networked seem to be one of the few times i think linux is an ok desktop OS.