From: Jonathan Berry (jberry_at_islandnet.com)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 10:53:05 EDT
In article <3BBC418A.8000507_at_netscape.net>, you wrote:
>You could certainly copy the install files to the HD. However, there
>are a couple of other alternatives. First of all, the MS Windows 2000
>installation CD should be bootable, so just set the CD drive ahead of
>the HD in the boot order (via the BIOS 'Startup' section) and then, when
>you boot, you should get the choice of booting from the CD.
Thank you. Yes, that's a good one. I wonder why IBM didn't
suggest it. There's some sort of BIOS upgrade for the CD-Drive
that is supposed to help it run under Win2000. The CD-Drive's
BIOS, not the machine bios.
>Also, to
>alleviate your problem of the Win98 boot disk and Win2000 CD, just hook
>the floppy up externally.
Doesn't that require a special cable?
>Then you have both floppy and CD access.
>
>HTH,
Thank you. Yes.
>Rob
>
>jberry_at_islandnet.com wrote:
>
>> The IBM page on this has a 26-step procedure, but I couldn't
>> even get to step 2:
>>
>> Installing Windows 2000
>> 1. Boot the machine using a Microsoft Windows 98 boot disk.
>> 2. At command prompt, insert the Windows 2000 CD.
>>
>> Sorry, the boot disk (3.5") and the CD are on the same spindle.
>> Or is there such a thing as a Win 98 boot CD?
>>
>> I assume that it's just a question of copying all Windows 2000
>> CD files to the new hard drive, and then following step 1.
>> Yes?
>>
>> Has anybody posted instructions that are better thought out
>> than IBM's ?
>>
>> http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4G3S2V.html
>>
>>
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