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What program do you use to burn a Tiny Core ISO in a CD-R?
CNK:
In case the reboot in GRUB is due to faulty RAM causing a glitch, you could see if there's an option to disable "quick boot" or "fast memory self-test" or something similar in the BIOS settings. That would check the RAM more completely at start-up and possibly detect a failure that's missed during the default fast RAM test. Running Memtest86 would be better again, but that would need to be booted from a floppy or CD.
If there's more than one RAM stick installed, try booting with just one, then if it's the same try again with just the other stick.
Rich:
Hi CNK
--- Quote from: CNK on February 08, 2024, 06:11:50 PM --- ... If there's more than one RAM stick installed, try booting with just one, then if it's the same try again with just the other stick.
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He's only got 128 Meg as it is:
--- Quote from: Mauricio on February 08, 2024, 09:16:21 AM ---This is the System Information that I get from the BIOS.
Product Name: Compaq Deskpro EN Series SFF
Processor Type: Pentium(R) II processor 450 MHz
Processor Speed: 450/100 MHz
Processor Stepping: 652
Cache Size (L1/L2): 32/512 KB
Memory Size: 128 MB
System ROM Date: 08/21/99
System ROM Family: 686T5
System Board Revision: 01
Chassis Serial Number: 6923CBQ4A869
Asset Tracking Number:
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CNK:
--- Quote from: Rich on February 08, 2024, 08:02:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: CNK on February 08, 2024, 06:11:50 PM --- ... If there's more than one RAM stick installed, try booting with just one, then if it's the same try again with just the other stick.
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He's only got 128 Meg as it is:
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48MB is still the stated minimum required for booting TC. So if he's got 2x64MB sticks then he should be able to boot with one, then buy a replacement for the broken one if required.
The Pentium 3 laptop that I'm posting from now, built around 2002, originally came with optionally one or two sticks of 128MB RAM. For his BIOS date in 1999 (and the BIOS might have been updated after manufacture) two sticks of 64MB making up 128MB isn't so unlikely.
gadget42:
--- Quote from: Mauricio on February 08, 2024, 10:57:55 AM ---...
I think I should buy a floppy disk sometime in the future and try the Plop Boot manager solution that CNK proposed.
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in most regions there is usually _someone_ who has unused and unwanted computer stuff. that would give you additional possibilities for all sorts of parts/peripherals/etc.
Rich:
Hi Mauricio
On the chance that what you are trying to boot is too
new for your machine, try TinyCore-4.7.7.iso from here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/4.x/x86/release/
for the GUI version.
Or you can try Core-4.7.7.iso for a command line version.
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