From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Mar 04 2001 - 13:38:21 EST
if i may add a couple of hints..
there will not be "/windows/options/cabs" on the HDD..
1. check easy setup (F! held down while powering machine on) and see if
booting from a CD is available in the boot sequence..
if so, boot from the windows CD..
2. if booting from a CD is NOT available, do what chris says but copy the
.CAB files form the windows CD to a directory C:/Win98 (or 95)..
then from DOS, go there and run setup..
this was you'll always have the cab files there if you need them..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann_at_twp-llc.com>
To: "Mary lou Lewis" <wsanio_at_peoplepc.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 1:08 PM
Subject: RE: Installing OS to a blank HDD...
> The easiest way, Mary Lou, is to boot the Win98 floppy,
> and use that to make a FAT32 partition (with fdisk) then
> format the disk (with format /sys) and get your hard drive
> to boot text-mode with CD-ROM driver first.
>
> Once that is done, start the machine and copy the setup folder
> to /windows/options/cabs and run setup from there.
>
> Let us know if you need more info.
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary lou Lewis [mailto:wsanio_at_peoplepc.com]
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 4:55 AM
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Installing OS to a blank HDD...
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a new TP user and I have a rather
> important question (to me anyway):
>
> How do I install WIN98SE to my
> hard drive without an external
> cd-rom drive? Am I dreaming? Do
> I need to have a selectadock or
> external cd-rom to do this?
>
> Oh, I failed to mention I have a
> TP 760XL, I do have a 20xCDrom
> drive that I swap with my floppy...
>
> This seemed so easy to do on all
> of my old Desktops!
>
> Clueless in Upstate NY...
>
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