Installing Linux without a CD-ROM?

I managed to get the unzipped Everest files onto a readable CDR but when i try to run everest.exe on the Tiny it says 'this program cannot be run in Dos mode'

Am i running the right program?

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Sorry if I wasn't clear. Everest is a Windows based program, so some version of Windows must be installed to use it.

Can you get to the BIOS pressing the Delete key during boot? It is a FIC mainboard and that is how most of them work. You may be able to make the CD bootable.

Sadly reatedly pressing the DEL key during bootup has no effect.  How important is it to know what the BIOS is?  I think the m/c is around the 2001/2 time.

At a pinch I can install Windows 3.1, which I have on 3.5"

ah, well, and so to bed......

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Well, from the Win98 boot disk you can run mem/c and see how much RAM is installed on the machine

C:\dir will give you the size of the drive. If running 3.1 the rest is unimportant.

Good  morning from UK.

I had to download mem.exe but this is what it produces:-
Mem  type         total        used      free
Conventianal     638K         88K      550K
Upper                   0K           0K         0K
Reserved              0K           0K          0K
XMS             56,256K     2,112K  54,694K
Total Memory56,894K     2,200K  54,694K


dir of C:  gives 785,694,720 bytes free

Loading up Win 3.1 would only be a last resort or if it could provide some information that would enable me to start again and use Linux.

So do I now have enough information to decide if I can try to use Linux as an operating system with associated General purpose software,  and if so what would you recommend?