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    [–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why did I have to burn multiple install CDs before finally getting one to work back in 2013?

    [–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    For the same reason I had to buy a stack of floppies to install it in the 90's

    [–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Weren't floppy's relatively rewritable? Why did you have to buy multiple instead of simply trying multiple times?

    [–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Floppies were very rewritable, but the distro wouldn't fit on a single one.

    [–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

    See but I'm talking about burning an install CD for Puppy and having it just straight not work and the solution being "just burn another one" like CDs were cheap for a 13 year old.

    [–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

    I think you have a little bit of solder flux stuck in your gray beard on the left side... No, other left.

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

    Good thing floppes were dirt cheap back then.

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

    Because not all distros work with their respective boot floppies. I gather you finally realized that in 2013.