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    [–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Why did I have to burn multiple install CDs before finally getting one to work back in 2013?

    [–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    For the same reason I had to buy a stack of floppies to install it in the 90's

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

    Good thing floppes were dirt cheap back then.

    [–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

    I think you have a little bit of solder flux stuck in your gray beard on the left side... No, other left.

    [–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Weren't floppy's relatively rewritable? Why did you have to buy multiple instead of simply trying multiple times?

    [–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Floppies were very rewritable, but the distro wouldn't fit on a single one.

    [–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 10 months ago

    See but I'm talking about burning an install CD for Puppy and having it just straight not work and the solution being "just burn another one" like CDs were cheap for a 13 year old.

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

    Because not all distros work with their respective boot floppies. I gather you finally realized that in 2013.