Posts by carmenm@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #Abd9JGB2JbxgHofwxM by carmenm@mastodon.social
       2023-11-09T07:48:54Z
       
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       Trying to get Debian 0.93 working in qemu (hundreds of packages!). Shame it doesn't seem to want to play nice with qemu's disk emulation. I figured out that the boot floppy it tries to make is full of garbage and that you need to use one with grub on it instead. Still, it kernel panics when it tries to mount /Looks like I'm going to have to pull an old laptop out of the closet.#retrocomputing #retrolinux
       
 (DIR) Post #Abe6yFvO3M4OfjAkeu by carmenm@mastodon.social
       2023-11-09T23:57:01Z
       
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       @penguin42 300-ish MB and IDE, yes.
       
 (DIR) Post #Add8S57BsHpLgczvbk by carmenm@mastodon.social
       2024-01-08T08:20:06Z
       
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       @BrodieOnLinux I've never verified anything on my system (I use Debian, and I don't see a reason to distrust them). I do quite frequently look at the source when I wonder how something works, though.