[Thinkpad] Best way to install Win98SE on 760XL

In answer to Courtney's question, here's an answer based on long experience.
Some of this is written from memory, so I hope other list members will make
corrections where needed.

Go to an existing Windows 98 machine and create a Startup Disk (Control
Panel - Add/Remove Programs - Startup Disk). Boot the 760XL from this disk;
save some time by choosing the option to boot without CD-ROM support.

At the end of the boot process, a message will appear saying that the
diagnostic tools have been successfully installed on Drive D: (or some other
letter); remember which letter it is.

Now, if necessary, run FDISK to prepare the hard drive and FORMAT C:/S to
make it bootable; if the hard drive is already formatted, use SYS C: to
make it bootable.

Now, copy the following file from the root directory of the startup disk to
the root directory of drive C: - OAKCDROM.SYS

Remember that the diskette created a RAM disk when booting, and that its
drive letter is perhaps D:. From the root directory of the RAM disk,copy the
file MSCDEX.EXE to the root directory of drive C:

Run EDIT.com (it will be in the path; no need to find the program itself)
and create a C:\CONFIG.SYS file containing these commands:

device=himem.sys /testmem:off
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256

Now create a C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT file containing this line:

LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001

Turn off the machine, remove the floppy drive, install the CD-ROM drive,
restart the machine and make sure that it boots from the hard disk and
installs CD-ROM support. Insert the Windows 98 CD and make sure you can read
it.

On the C: drive, create a directory WIN98.

Copy all the files from the \WIN98 directory on the CD-ROM into the new
WIN98 directory on the hard disk.

Go to C:\WIN98 and run SETUP. This installs Windows 98, and leave all the
in98 setup files on your hard disk so that Windows can find them when it
neds them later, and won't prompt you to insert the CD.

After installing Windows 98, you may want to look at the instructions on
this page for information on how to get all the Microsoft security updates
on a single CD, and how to install all the Windows 98 updates and fixes in a
single step (but be sure to read the paragraph that begins "Warning" before
using the "unofficial 98 SE service pack"):

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/computer.html#install

Edward Mendelson

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Received on Tue Jun 1 11:15:27 2004