dr_robotBones

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They might be too new, from further testing it seems kernels that are too modern, even if they support 32 bit, do not like this hardware. It needs to be compatible with a Pentium III CPU. It also needs a live environment with a decent toolset so I can actually properly format and test the hard drive, which is either dead or has a corrupted MBR.

That makes sense but the manual says nothing about this error, which is what makes it so weird.

For hard disk error I should get error code 0200 but there is no code. Maybe the error came from Windows 98 and not the system itself? That would also be weird, how would Windows be able to give me an error if its installed on a hard drive that doesn't work?

The biggest problem is finding software that runs on this thing. Even if its 32-bit, it seems the later 32-bit Linux kernels don't support the hardware and kernel panic, which is probably why I couldn't run SystemRescue which probably has all the tools I need.

on Help with a complex bug · c/csharp · 2 pts · 30d

Thanks for bringing that global variable issue to my attention, I'll have to look into it.

As for the stack, I'll traverse it in reverse for now, I may come back once I've finished the interpreter to clean up the code and add more features.

on Help with a complex bug · c/csharp · 2 pts · 30d

Wow I didn't know. Thank you for pointing that out.

I know in C# you can just pull from data structures using an index, so can I do stack[0]? Would that be the same as Java's stack.elementAt(0)?

The only way to install another OS on a windows computer is to flash it to a USB drive using a tool like rufus and then rebooting the computer with the usb drive plugged in. There are probably some obstacles in place, if your computer does not boot into the installer you'll need to go into the BIOS (usually spamming del or esc while the computer is booting) and change the boot order (make sure usb drive is at the top) and possibly disable secure boot.

If you replace windows with linux you will lose all your files. I'd recommend you first try Linux in a virtual machine, though this might not be an option with your limited RAM. If you're new to Linux I'd also recommend starting with a different distro that has a larger community so you can easily get answers when you run into problems. I started with Ubuntu, its not the greatest distro and I jumped ship as soon as I was able, but it has dedicated community forums full of all the answers you'll ever need.