Re: Install/reinstall Win98 from CAB files on 600/600E?

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From: Steve C. (stevec50_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 11:59:22 EST

Why fool around with the stupid recovery disk?
I would just reinstall from a regular Windows 98 disk.

--- "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net> wrote:
> This may be unusual but here it goes. I have
> repartitioned my hd to
> install several other OS using Partition Magic and
> Boot Magic. The
> remains of the default Win98 partition is 2037 mb
> which CANNOT be
> increased (according to PowerQuest) and which is
> (according to IBM)
> too small to use the recover disk (must be 2045 mb).
>
> So as things stand when Win98 suffers fatal crash I
> have to use the
> recovery disk to wipe the entire 10 gb partition,
> losing my other OS
> in the process.
>
> Possible alternative: reinstall Win98 from CAB
> files.
>
> Is this possible, and if so how do (and where
> documented)?
>
> Any other ideas welcome.
>
> Jeffrey Race
>

=====
Steve Coakley
Managing Director,
Mesa Network Services
P.O Box 13723
Mesa, AZ 85216

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