Installing Linux without a CD-ROM?

[streetwatcher]

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?

[GX1_Man]

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.

[streetwatcher]

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......

[GX1_Man]

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.

[streetwatcher]

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?