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rocinante2003 · 06-26-2003, 05:53 PM

You know what I like about this place, no ones trying to out smart each other. You wouldnt believe how arrogant people in IT can be. GOOD SUGGESTIONS GUYS.

OK, yes, the external CD route via PCMCIA or Parallel is a very good method, but take a couple of things into consideration.

1. You will need to instal PCMCIA or Parellel Drivers for DOS, or a dos boot disk to recognice a CD drive. It can be a pain in the ass to do.
2. If my old brain serves me correctly, Windows 98 can fail to instal from an external non atapi device because after the system check after the first reboot during installation. windows doesnt load PCMCIA - etc. drivers. Easy to work around, just copy the win98 dir to a temp directory in the C:

3. The reason FDISK is only seeing a part of the drive is because some versions of Fdisk only see FAT partitions. One of the reasons I like XP is it will prep the drive no matter whats on the MBR.

Once again, pat on the back guys..

The Dude - Dont under estimate the value of your notebook, its worth far more than 50 bucks

Any semi modern laptop is a really good tool, especially if you can run office.

06-26-2003, 05:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
rocinante2003 Insane Location: Dallas	You know what I like about this place, no ones trying to out smart each other. You wouldnt believe how arrogant people in IT can be. GOOD SUGGESTIONS GUYS. OK, yes, the external CD route via PCMCIA or Parallel is a very good method, but take a couple of things into consideration. 1. You will need to instal PCMCIA or Parellel Drivers for DOS, or a dos boot disk to recognice a CD drive. It can be a pain in the ass to do. 2. If my old brain serves me correctly, Windows 98 can fail to instal from an external non atapi device because after the system check after the first reboot during installation. windows doesnt load PCMCIA - etc. drivers. Easy to work around, just copy the win98 dir to a temp directory in the C: 3. The reason FDISK is only seeing a part of the drive is because some versions of Fdisk only see FAT partitions. One of the reasons I like XP is it will prep the drive no matter whats on the MBR. Once again, pat on the back guys.. The Dude - Dont under estimate the value of your notebook, its worth far more than 50 bucks Any semi modern laptop is a really good tool, especially if you can run office. Last edited by rocinante2003; 06-26-2003 at 05:58 PM..