On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 18:56, Grant Taylor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > If memory serves, that mass of floppies was dwarfed by Windows 95, > particularly later versions.
Win95: 13 disks. Win98: 38 disks. Netware 3.1: can't remember... lots: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/diskette-puzzle/ Ha! Trying to google, I found a piece I wrote myself! https://www.theregister.com/Print/2013/07/16/netware_4_anniversary/ I think it was circa 20-25 disks. I remember I had to copy them before installation, in case. And at that time, the DOS 3.3 DISKCOPY command didn't swap to disk or XMS/EMS, and with 640 kB of RAM, copying a 1.4 MB floppy could take 3-4 reads and as many writes. It took me over an entire working day to duplicate all the disks, IIRC. > Aside: I don't think I've ever seen Windows 98 on floppies. I think > I've only seen CD-ROM. Though I expect that there is a way, likely from > Microsoft, to create the floppies. There was, and I think in some markets -- Japan maybe? possibly because of non-adherence to CD standards? -- it was sold on floppies. I also have unpleasant memories of trying to install Slackware from floppies, because it couldn't see my SCSI card, and the only CD-ROM I had was SCSI. The command switches for Linux kernel modules weren't standardised and I couldn't find out how to tell Linux about my cheap & nasty built-in AHA1520 SCSI controller's IRQ and DMA settings. I knew what they were, but I didn't know the syntax to tell the module... -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
