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*The Lynx Boot USB | |
(Rather a "Lynx Live" disto, but no so much Linux) | |
Plain text is beatiful. Now, it's portable. | |
*How? | |
The fastest booting OS I could find was FreeDOS. This has some ser | |
drawbacks, but the boot speed is amazing and you can pull out your | |
after boot. No cookies are saved, hence excellent privacy. Any | |
old PC that will boot USB will work. (Even new PCs) Hit 'v' to | |
see gopher news sites I added to the bookmarks. | |
*What drawbacks? (Did I mention requirements?) | |
So far, it only works with Intel, Broadcom and Realtek ethernet car | |
as every thing I threw at it had one of these cards. Obviously | |
requires usb. (could create a iso pending demand) Did I mention | |
it boots fast? | |
*Can it work for other cards? | |
Any ethernet card that has a working driver should work fine. | |
I know of no better list than this, ask nicely and I'll add yours: | |
MORE Drivers | |
*Instructions: | |
Download the file below, bunzip, and then use unetbootin to write | |
it to usb. | |
Note - it's an img, not an iso - select the correct option! | |
Download | |
*What were you thinking? | |
Seemed like a fun idea at the time. The challenge was not unlike | |
a crossword or soduku. Finding it actually works well, I post it | |
here in the hopes that perhaps somebody else may make use of it. | |
Grab that pentium4 with the bad HD and put it to use! | |
* Why didn't you... (Fill in the blank) | |
Not - Dos - Expert. Suggestions welcome. To answer one question, | |
himem crashed the realtek driver which is why it's disabled. | |
*To do list: | |
Give option for large font | |
Prettier gophermap | |
Maybe include Links... the "Lynx/Links" usb boot disk | |
More ethernet drivers. We hit on that, didn't we? | |
Documention on "How it's made" (a pain to get an img right) | |
Go to grocery store | |
Save future world from Morlocks | |
*License | |
Everything used here is GPLv2, expect for the parts that aren't. | |
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