No, my fear of messing uf XCFE was with running android, or any other alternate OS. I'm fully comfortable with Qemu. Just was wondering how you'd get Win 98 installed since I only have it on a CD. I knew you could rip an ISO...but didn't know how that would work out to install it in the first place. Like where you put the ISO after you rip it...and how to run the install file.
Put it this way...I never want to (if I can help it) be4 pressing the right shoulder button on Pandy while powering up. Does that clear up what scares me? I just don't like messing with OS and firmware on such devices. Like I said, if there's a chance in a million you could brick the Pandy, I'll find the way to do it.
I've never used DOSBOX or VirtualBOX on my PC...understand I am very much a novice at this sort of stuff, hence my nervousness. I know JUST ENOUGH to be dangerous, and that's the truth.
Now, as to Android, specifically, it would not be a huge problem, running as you describe with the right-hand slot, since I use my right-hand slot for all my media, anyway. My music, movies, that stuff goes on the right-hand card, and can always be changed out for a different SD with different movies/music, etc....this is how I set up my Pandy in the first place....so that the left card always stays in...the right card can be changed for other cards.
But you still would have to put the boot-up for Android on the left card...right?
Part of my problem with that is I keep, unzipped, the latest firmware, and codec pack there...because I was told it was a good idea, so that if anything got fouled up you could re-flash on the fly.
So, putting Android on that same card would screw things up, right? It would not know to flash the original Firmware...or run android...right?
See, I just get too confused about this stuff, which is why it scares me.
Qemu would be, to date, probably the toughest thing I would have tried with the Pandy.
I mean, I have no trouble dragging and dropping files, which is mostly what I have done thus far with my Pandy...I have all the emulators working and a few other things...but everything I have has been easy straightforward to install, and could be done to the SD card from my laptop via the card reader I have on the laptop.
Sometimes, I despair and feel really stupid around here, because it seems like everyone and their uncle here is some kind of wizard with all this stuff.
I mean...I managed to install Dingux on my Dingoos (I have 4 of them) but, in order to do it...I looked for and found "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Installing Dingux" and it was good enough, with total step-by-step instructions...and screenshots so you knew what to expect,and when you had done it right.
What I'd like is something similar for Qemu, and for installing Win98 on it. The wiki wasn't too helpful...again, it's just too general and full of tech gobbledygook I don't understand.
Basically, I need instructions like this:
1. Press Button A
2. Press Button C
3. Press A and B together.
4. Wait ten minutes while a bunch of information scrolls by on screen.
5. Device will shut down wehn finished.
6. Unplug it from your computer after the shutdown, and you're good to go.
Do you see the difference in these kinds of instructions...versus what's on the Wiki?
Mine is in plain English, and doesn't use technical terms that I don't understand and which scare the hell out of me. I do not care what it is doing or why it is doing it or the logic or reason behind it...I just want to know...do step A step B, step C and that is how you do it....without all the tech talk.
Basically, I need a "Complete Idiot's Guide."
(Note: You would need a seperate/external power supply for the cd drive - they often come with one but you might not need it with a pc but you do with a pandora.)
