Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:16:47 -0600 From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] W98 install CD
To install OSes I like to copy the installation CD onto the hard drive and install from it. That way if you need to load a new driver or reinstall parts you don't have to mess around with the cd and a cd rom. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Digby Tarvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: [LIB] W98 install CD > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 04:16:14 +0100 (GMT/BST) > From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: W98 install CD > > All, > > I bought my 100CT a long time ago, when it was being supplied with > W95 on a stack of floppies. > > I have now obtained an 'official' Toshiba W98 install CD which I would > like to use to put a totally standard libretto OS on the first 2GB of > a 40GB hard disk (leaving the rest for a real OS). > > Problem is my documentation only tells me how to install from floppy, so > I am not sure what Toshiba intended people do with the CD. > > Can anyone who has the manuals from a machine that came with the W98 > CD mediase tell me what it says about OS re-install? > > Regardless of what it says, I am guessing that the easiest approach > is going to be to boot off a floppy to do the partitioning, and them > move the drive into a desktop machine to copy the cabs from the CD > onto the hard disk. Or can I squeeze the necessary boot files onto > a floppy to format the partition and copy the CD contents via a > PCMCIA drive (which presumably would be easier to get going from > a floppy boot than a PCMCIA SCSI card + CD-ROM drive)? > > There might also be some useful clues in the instructions about the > procedure and sequence for adding in the Libretto specific drivers. > > Regards, > DigbyT > -- > Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
