[linux-help] Re: On Disk

[Curtis Hawthorne <cghawthorne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Without question, the best program I've found for just
viewing and some simple editingis IrfanView
(http://www.irfanview.com/).  It's one of those handy
little freeware programs that you want to have on
every (windows) computer you use.

--- Jim Vetor <jvetor1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The zip worked fine. Win95 is now on the 486. Now I
> just need to find a
> small decent program for viewing (only) photos.
> Thanks
> 
> Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ironrose <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:20 PM
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: On Disk
> 
> 
> >
> > David Carmichael wrote:
> >
> > > Do you have any form of DOS on your 486?
> > >
> > > If so the easiest way to do what you want is to
> copy the files to floppy
> on
> > > a computer that has a CD-ROM and then copy them
> to your 486 system into
> a
> > > directory of your choose and install directly
> from the harddrive on the
> 486
> > > system.
> > >
> > > You only need the files in the main directory of
> the CD rom and the CAB
> > > files in the win'95 directory... you don't need
> the other directories
> unless
> > > you want the demos, games and odd device drivers
> for older versions of
> DOS.
> > >
> > > Make sure that your 486 has MS-DOS 5 or older
> and or some non-MS DOS
> system.
> > >
> > > --David
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jim Vetor" <jvetor1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:00 AM
> > > Subject: [linux-help] On Disk
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I have an older 486 laptop that I would like
> to put Windows95 on to
> free
> > > up
> > > > my good laptop for Linux to handle a couple
> programs I still use in
> > > Windows.
> > > >
> > > > My problem is I don't have a CD ROM for the
> old 486. Anyone out there
> have
> > > > Win95 on floppy disks? Thanks
> > > > Jim
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> > Do you have an external zip drive?  You could copy
> the cab files to and
> then
> > run the install from the zip drive or the hdd.  If
> you have enough room on
> the
> > hdd, then copy the *.cab files to a win95
> directory on the hdd and then
> the
> > install will be much faster.
> >
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