Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/116179259065350454

the situation has not improved

it's refusing to boot off USB bootable install sticks

it really, really just wants me to log in

I _do_ now know that characters _are_ being entered properly into the dialogue because! I realised I could use tabbing to get to a username prompt and check that way.

I later figured out how to make the mouse pointer show up and move around which is convenient but does not solve the key problems

uuuuuuuuuugh past me whyyyyyyyyyyy

#GPD #Pocket2 #lappy #windows #oNoes

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Solarbird

Mar 8

okay so

i found some old instructions

and the firmware chunks i need was still on the .hk webserver (even tho' they're not on the north american server)

so if i boot my 11-year-old Intel macbook pro I should be able to boot my Windows 2000 VM to format this 6-year-old thumb drive to a version of NTFS this thing will use, and that will let me write the files to it that the Pocket 2 wants, then I should be able to F7 into system recovery and from there reinstall the OS.

let's gooooooooooooooooooo

actually the big question is "can this Win2K VM format a USB drive?"

it's trying

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Solarbird

Mar 8

it brings up the UI and such and lets me fill it in and I clicked "Start" and we've hourglassed and the progress bar isn't progressing, clark

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