Great Site...

[eXor]

I was searching for info on doing an IE Less windows ME install on my new system ( only for games! ) and accidentally stumbled upon this site.

Great stuff. I'm typing this from a newly built Duron 950MHz system with just a floppy and BasicLinux. It's a great distro and should be recommended for Linux newbies who want to get their "feet weet". It's a bit outdated though and the lack of SSL when browsing is depressing.  
Didn't feel like doing a gcc download to a ramdisk and compiling it coz it would all be gone when i switched off  

Are there any similar floppy distros based on a more recent version like Slackware 8.0?  I've looked but haven't seen.  When I get a hard disk I'll make that my project.

eXor

[dbl221]

OK I found this in the Windows98 ResKit book.......

pg103 "Creating a custom setup script"

[Optional Components] Section
"Internet Explorer"=0

The 0 means don't install it....you create a custom script and in files with the ResKit tools Batch.exe, Infinst.exe, Dbset.exe........and your install has no IE or other crappy applications.

Has enyone tried this yet?????

[MxCl]

Wouldn't that be a bit of a bastard for MS in the courts right now? I wonder if it works.

[dbl221]

Well these kind of installation tools are created by M$ so there is not much to stop people from using them.  I have done an install of W2K using one of these custom install scripts and they work.

I the real world though most big companies just develop a standard image and download it from an image server over the network....at least that has been my experience.

[Gooseberry Clock]

quote:Originally posted by eXor:
I'm typing this from a newly built Duron 950MHz system with just a floppy and BasicLinux.

A Duron 950? http://www.distributed.net/

[eXor]

SHH! we might get lynched for discussing M$ stuff  

See 95ite and 98Lite
I have win95 OSR2 (OEM) which I bought in '95 and is the only contribution I've made to Microsoft coffers.  

I got winME from a friend so I'l give it a whirl coz the memory management in win95 is terrible, among other things.

I'll try both methods on Friday when i get my hd and dvd drives.

I wouldn't even bother with either but for my fav sim, Falcon 4.  I wish they'd port it as the source code got leaked a few years back but it would be a huge task.  One can dream hehe.

[Calum]

winME is a bloated pile of crap that you will hate, from experience.
You will probably prefer it to '95 though...