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beos boot on a presario 700UK
Name: Cake Date: November 3, 2002 at 10:04:11 Pacific OS: beos CPU/Ram: AMD900/128Megs
Comment:
Hey, does anybody know how to boot BeOS on a compaq presario 700 model? I tried many things, such as set safe-mode options, but nothing runs. The system permanently boots, again and again, and even the atom icon doesn't light up. Extra question: is there any way to have a trace on a floppy or on disk, because the "Enable console debugging" show nothing.
Summary: Processor speed should not be that much of an issue (a P-60 is fast enough for very basic operation) unless you're planning on doing real-time audio processing, video stuff, etc. I'd personally recom...