[plug] win98 install

[russ]

Thanks, that gives me hope. I wasted the better part of a Sunday
trying to get win98 installed. Maybe this will do it.

At least I now have a very good backup of my linux system and a print
out of my partition table. :)


steveg at calm.wa.gov.au wrote:
> 
> > * If it's a non-upgrade windows, you lose. SETUP will refuse to install
> > if it sees an existing OS.
> 
> The following works well for Win95 -> Win95.OSR2 and should work
> for Win95 -> Win98, though I haven't tried it and YMMV:
> 
> To reiterate Leon's sage advice:
> ***WARNING*** IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING PRECIOUS, BACK IT
> UP FIRST!!
> 
> 1.  Record the OEM number from your existing Win installation
> Certificate of Authenticity, or from Start -> Control Panel -> System -
> > General. Start Win98 setup from within Win95
> 
> 2.  When presented with the License Agreement dialogue box,
> STOP. Don't click anything, resist the urge to click "Next", just STOP.
> 
> 3.  Open the Start Menu (Ctrl-Esc) and click "Run". Type "notepad"
> and click "OK"
> 
> 4.  Open the file "setuppp.inf" in the directory "WININST0.400".
> 
> 5.  Find the line with the text "[data]" Add the following after it:
> "OEMUP=1" The completed text should look as follows:
> 
> [data]
> OEMUP=1
> 
> 6.  Save the file and exit Notepad.
> 
> 7.  Switch back to the setup (Alt-Tab) and continue with the
> installation.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve

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Regards
russ

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