Windows 98 Installation Problem

[chinook_apache]

hey all.

i am doing a clean install for a mate of mine and i have a problem.
i will be installing windows 98.

i have formatted the computer in ms dos mode but when i restart the computer it tells me 'insert system disk and try again'.

it seems to be searching for the floopy however i am wanting to install off a cd

could i have some help? thanks in advance

[Cygnuz-Y]

set the motherboard to boot from CD

[cwctv]

In fdisk did you make the disk active menu #2 and how did you formaat it with a floppy.

[chinook_apache]

its only a 10 gig hdd.

i went to start the shut down in ms-dos mode and then when the dos came up i type format c:

[Cygnuz-Y]

Originally posted by chinook_apache@15 January 2004 - 19:24
its only a 10 gig hdd.

i went to start the shut down in ms-dos mode and then when the dos came up i type format c:

Set the bios to boot from cd and the win98 setup will start

[cwctv]

Right try the bios thing but if I recall this Windows version wasn't bootable from the cd rom oh as the machine got a floppy drive.

[shn]

Originally posted by cwctv@15 January 2004 - 13:31
Right try the bios thing but if I recall this Windows version wasn't bootable from the cd rom oh as the machine got a floppy drive.

I think it was a bootable cd version for that. I had 98 se a long time ago back in the ice age and I still have the 98 se disk.

[chinook_apache]

hey all.

thanks for the feedback.

the thing is i downloaded a boot disk for windows 98 se...and i inserted that in the floppy from then on i booted from the cd.

the thing is my windows 98 se was not a normal one....it has windows 98 se on it and also windows me

so thanks for the feedback and i have managed to install windows 98 se...just getting some updates and installing some apps for it.

thanks again

[cwctv]

I think it was a bootable cd version for that. I had 98 se a long time ago back in the ice age and I still have the 98 se disk.

i will be installing windows 98.

I DON'T see "se" mentioned anywhere here glad you got they anyway.

[imported_uncle_cracker]

Originally posted by cwctv@15 January 2004 - 23:40

I think it was a bootable cd version for that. I had 98 se a long time ago back in the ice age and I still have the 98 se disk.

i will be installing windows 98.

I DON'T see "se" mentioned anywhere here glad you got they anyway.

se can be very important