re: Where is W98's DOS-Level Setup option?
Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 8:07 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DEX
(11807 messages posted)
Kiwi
To install Win98 SE Upgrade CD from the DOS command.
Do this
Goto bootdisk.com download the win98se OEM ver.
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http://ephemeral-designs.com/downloads/boot98se.exe
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Run the file it will make a boot disk.
Reboot with it when you see, boot with CD Rom support select it then when you see
the A: put your win98se cd in the drive and go to the cd rom drive and then goto
the win98 folder and type setup..
windows will now install and it should not ask for a setup file ,if it ask tell it
to use the one on A: drive.
On Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 3:41 pm, Kiwi wrote:
>I'm sure that I've gotten a Win98 SE Upgrade CD to install from a DOS Command Line,
>but the only copy of anything named Setup.Exe in the CD's \Win98 directory (there
>is another equally reluctant Setup.Exe in the CD Root Directory) says it doesn't
>run from DOS. It's my thought that the floppy that came with the CD had something
>to do with the capability, but that floppy's copy of the CD driver has problems
with
>a LiteOn Combo CD/DVD drive. So I used an image file from Bootdisk.Com to have
support
>for an optical drive, but hit this impasse about the Setup.Exe version.
>
>And I think it's got something to do with what's in the floppy startup files, but
>they "look fine" to me. Maybe it's just been way too long since I have tried doing
>much with DOS!
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>Kiwi
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