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#1 OilerBoy
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I need information on the Dreamcast Operating System and how to get Windows SE onto the system.
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#2 LouieV13
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Im pretty sure you cant :|
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#3 Stinger78
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Windows CE is the OS. You don't install it. It is the backbone of the system's 'dashboard'.
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#4 achilles614
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Wouldn't that be pointless?
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#5 TrooperManaic
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good luck with that. I am 99% sure that cant be done. If you own dreamcast find out what Bios you have and extract it then put it on your computer then download a freeware emulator. 100% legal that is if you own the system.
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#6 Indestructible2
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Ain't gonna happen,at least not without LOTS of work.
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#7 achilles614
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Ain't gonna happen,at least not without LOTS of work.Indestructible2
You're right it will take more work than OP could do. Last time I checked they had just gotten windows 3 running on the xbox1 and it's still very buggy.
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You can put Linux on it though :D http://linuxdc.sourceforge.net/ http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7466555948.html (I'm not sure those two ^^ web pages are referring to the same "distro") And then make a linux firewall/router with it http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2269911435.html You will get serious geek creds if you actually succeed though ;)
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#9 OilerBoy
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Windows CE is already on it?
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Windows CE is already on it?OilerBoy
You know when you turn it on without any disc inside and you get that screen where you can choose options and play CDs? IIRC and someone else said it, that that is the "OS" It doesn't really do much, but it's just meant as "driver base" if you will, for the games to run on. This is one of the reasons it was so easy to program DC and also why it was so easy to pirate because it was extremely similar to programming a PC game. That's my basic, fairly uninformed understanding.
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#11 achilles614
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You can put Linux on it though :D http://linuxdc.sourceforge.net/ http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7466555948.html (I'm not sure those two ^^ web pages are referring to the same "distro") And then make a linux firewall/router with it http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2269911435.html You will get serious geek creds if you actually succeed though ;)d-rtyboy
not much geek cred I'd hope. The dreamcast is so exploitable that a freaking CD will do the job of installing linux.
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#12 OilerBoy
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So how exactly do i get linux on it?
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#13 achilles614
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So how exactly do i get linux on it?OilerBoy
It may be illegal depending on your country and gamespot doesn't condone such activies.

edit: unless all you wanted to use Linux for is maybe say a print server then it's not illegal.

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#14 OilerBoy
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Well I cannot put linux on it because I am not running linux on my home computer. I am looking for help on how to get Windows CE on it with some simple instruction.