I have already completed a four player cocktail cabinet and have placed an elderly Dell l667r into it, which worked for a short while then, due to driver soundcard problems, became inoperable. I decided to reformat the drive and reinstall something that would allow this machine to run with a bit more robustness. This was about three or four months ago.
So here this thing sits, unworking, with no operating system on it. I have tried many, MANY different installation CDs - TinyXp, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, an original Win98 disk, etc. etc. etc., only to just get a hint from another message board that the l667r doesn't allow booting from CD. Great. Super.

I just found an old floppy drive I scavenged from an even older machine, but I see no connector for a floppy connection on this motherboard. Sigh.
I just don't know what to do with this machine. Part of the appeal of building it was recycling older material into something new, and I am not buying a dedicated computer for this project. I want to make this one work, but have no idea how to install an operating system on it, much less a good one. I need your help and opinions! Before I go even more insane! Help!