IBM 600X can't read/write 1G Corsair

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IBM 600X can't read/write 1G Corsair

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Am working on getting Puppy on my 1G Corsair USB stick via my IBM 600X.

MTools reports the stick as drive b: and empty.

When I try to copy a txt file from harddisk to b: I get a bunch of text at the bottom that makes little sense to me but I gather is trying to tell me that the copy failed and why.

When I plug the same stick into my newer laptop it shows files vmlinux, usr_cram.fs, syslinux.cfg, and image.gz

If I recall correctly this came from my effort to load Puppy on the USB stick.

Am I wasting time trying to work with the IBM 600X? Perhaps I should try to swap my IBM 600E and 600X toward something a little more modern?

The newest Sharp linux handheld pc/pda looks promising ... wonder if it could handle Puppy? ;-)

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#2 Post by Flash »

Do you have any other OS you could use to try on that computer? Knoppix, perhaps, or Puppy 1.0.2 (with 2.6 kernel.) Even Windows, if you're really a glutton for punishment. :lol:

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