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

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

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

WHUP WE HAVE A PEL

REPEAT

WE HAVE A PROGRESS PEL

CHUG CHUG YOU CAN DO IT

oh the format finished btw

i'm copying files over now

i had to unzip the archive on the macos side, hopefully that doesn't cause any problems later! (narrator: we don't know yet)

it is

so slow holy shit

so very slow

#gpd #pocket2 #reformat

wait what

i had a popos install on this thing too?!

APPARENTLY?!

well i actually need fuckin' windows because that's the only thing this radio software comes built for so

well there we are! it go!

i can't even imagine how old a version of windows 10 this is but WHELP

CORTANA?!

wow xD

and THIS time I MEAN IT

wow i can correctly answer literally none of the security questions, nice

sure do assume a lot about families and shit, doncha

well time for a list of obscenities as answers to security questions, have fun with that cortana

i got the screen horizontal but we’re gonna be here a while

maybe a lot of whiles xD

Good morning! IT'S STILL GOING.

It is progressing! Just remarkably slowly.

91% installed

the disk i/o metre is pegged to the top 100% of the time and has been for hours, it's hilarious

ALMOST THERE

yeah that was lies it decided to download a bunch more shit

scary mode enabled

fuck frowny face and reboot

back to rotated GPD logo and circling dots

how much are you rolling back little machine

seems like a lot

maybe all of 22H2? i’m guessing of course

i can live with cortana all i need you to do is talk to old radyas

hello again cortana

guess we’re stuck with each other

it wants to try 22h2 again but standalone - all the other updates did run

that seems… reasonable, sure

@moira *checks calendar*