On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:19 AM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:36:17 -0800
> Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> dijo:
>
> >> Maybe I didn't read carefully enough. What do you need the CD drive
> >> for?
>
> >I want to install windows 95 or 98.  (It has usb 2)  I do not know if
> >I can get it to boot from usb.
>
> Someplace around the house I have a full set of Windows 95 install
> floppies. I can dig them up if they would be of any help.
>
> It should be easy enough to test if it can boot from a USB stick. If I
> recall, your regular computer has a recent version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu
> comes with a utility to make a bootable USB stick. You just need an
> Ubuntu ISO that you can download from Ubuntu, and a USB stick with
> about 800 MB free space.
>
> Also, perhaps we could transplant the hard disk from the laptop to a
> different laptop that has a functioning CD drive, install Windows 98,
> then move it back. I have a laptop that we could use for the exercise.


Thanks, John.  I will first try the thumb drive approach.  If that stumbles,
I may take you up on your offer. How many floppies does it take for W98?
 Sounds terrible to me.

-Denis
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