My kingdom for FDISK
Jun. 3rd, 2005 09:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolariIf there's anything Windows XP has taught me, it's how much I miss DOS. And if there's anything this iMac has taught me, it's HOW MUCH I REALLY REALLY REALLY MISS DOS.
Our poor iMac (aka FryMac) has never worked. It freezes constantly, bombs, crashes, and all those other cute little pics when it crashes. Dean gave up on it a few months ago, where I began to think about putting Linux on it Just To Get it Working.
The Lovely #9 sent me an ISO with Max OS 8.6 on it, which was burned on my CD just fine, and I attempted to install it. And there was much gnashing of teeth. Three hours later it was no longer freezing or bombing on me. Cause it was just sitting there on a "?" screen looking for the system folder.
And since I burned the CD on a PC, the CD READ just fine, but it wasn't bootable. Oi. Gimmie a DOS prompt. Just let me SYS C: or FORMAT /S. I'd be up and running in seconds....
That is one thing I like about Linux: Being able to drop to a command prompt and Fix The Damned Problem.
The good news was I found a Mac 8.5 CD on EBay pretty cheaply, so I may have a brand spanking new iMac in a week or two. If not, we'll we'll have a brand spanking new Linux box. :)
Or, if I had my druthers, a damned DOS box.
Speaking of cheap...I've paid rent up to the end of August. The next few paychecks are now all savings checks. Not counting any expenses, my gross pay when the checks stop coming will be $1750. This should last me. That allows me $150 in expenses over 12 weeks. I'm gonna stretch it as much as I go, but that's not a bad allowance, considering groceries and gas usualy comes to $100 or so a week.
I have a good two weeks of Paid Time Off at work. I'm not sure if I get that, being a temp and all, but if I can, I'll take it. If I do get it, I'll give myself a week for detoxing.
If I ever thought twice about my decision to quit, my fears have been put to rest.
Our poor iMac (aka FryMac) has never worked. It freezes constantly, bombs, crashes, and all those other cute little pics when it crashes. Dean gave up on it a few months ago, where I began to think about putting Linux on it Just To Get it Working.
The Lovely #9 sent me an ISO with Max OS 8.6 on it, which was burned on my CD just fine, and I attempted to install it. And there was much gnashing of teeth. Three hours later it was no longer freezing or bombing on me. Cause it was just sitting there on a "?" screen looking for the system folder.
And since I burned the CD on a PC, the CD READ just fine, but it wasn't bootable. Oi. Gimmie a DOS prompt. Just let me SYS C: or FORMAT /S. I'd be up and running in seconds....
That is one thing I like about Linux: Being able to drop to a command prompt and Fix The Damned Problem.
The good news was I found a Mac 8.5 CD on EBay pretty cheaply, so I may have a brand spanking new iMac in a week or two. If not, we'll we'll have a brand spanking new Linux box. :)
Or, if I had my druthers, a damned DOS box.
Speaking of cheap...I've paid rent up to the end of August. The next few paychecks are now all savings checks. Not counting any expenses, my gross pay when the checks stop coming will be $1750. This should last me. That allows me $150 in expenses over 12 weeks. I'm gonna stretch it as much as I go, but that's not a bad allowance, considering groceries and gas usualy comes to $100 or so a week.
I have a good two weeks of Paid Time Off at work. I'm not sure if I get that, being a temp and all, but if I can, I'll take it. If I do get it, I'll give myself a week for detoxing.
If I ever thought twice about my decision to quit, my fears have been put to rest.
