From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Jul 06 1999 - 00:27:31 EDT
i plugged in the external floppy and i am now waiting so see if it gets past
this hang up..
i was going to read the log file, but that can wait a bit.. :-)
AND, guess what..?!
it got past it..!!
more in a minute.. :-))
Eric Giles wrote:
> Bill-
>
> I am assuming that you have the CD-ROM/DVD drive in the drive bay. Do you
> happen to have the floppy drive hooked up with the external cable at the
> same time? I ran into almost the same thing when I originally upgraded my
> 770ED to win98. I remembered from many desktop installs that this is at the
> point that it accesses the floppy drive. Hooking up the floppy drive solved
> the installation hang.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Eric Giles
>
> NOW, the trouble comes when i try to upgrade to win98 2nd edition...
> >it loads well, up to the point of the win98 setup window which sets up:
> >
> >Control Panel
> >Programs on the Start Menu
> >Windows Help
> >MS-DOS program settings
> >Tuning up Application Start
> >System Configueration
> >
> >the whole thing gets stuck on the "Programs on the Start Menu" item...
> >
> >this has occured while trying to load win98 2nd edition fresh and over
> >the preload as described above..
> >
> >anyone have any thoughts on this..?
> >
> >
> >--
> >Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
> >
> >** Bill Morrow ** :-)
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> >770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
> >
> >Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will
> >vary, Done on a
> >closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
> >
> >
-- Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net 770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will vary, Done on a closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
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