98 boot disk doesn't load drivers for SCSI CD-ROM, and WinME isn't detected as a bootable cd...

Ghost

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My Win98 boot disk doesn't load drivers for my Plextor SCSI CD-ROM. The Windows Millenium CD isn't detected as a bootable cd, even though my BIOS supports booting froma CD. So what's the work around? How do I get Windows ME to install on my system? I know I'm missing something obvious....

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John

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Modify the Win98 bootdisk and add the necessary files from your SCSI card mfg's support section to the disk. You might have to edit your autoexec as well....

I use a 29160 and I had a similar prob till I modded my bootdisk.

 

obenton

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I guess you're upgrading w98 to SE. Easiest way is boot w98, copy the I386 directory from the cd to your hard drive, to say, &quot;c:\i386\&quot;. Then, boot with the floppy and run setup.exe from the i386 directory. Load smartdrv.exe (it's in your c:\windows directory) before you run setup, else the file copying will take forever.
 

Warrenton

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MS doesn't include drivers for anything except some old adaptec crap for the SCSI.

Lemme guess... you have a Tekram card? or is it a new Adaptec?

If its a tekram, I will email you my custom disk. Its about the best thing out there, has support for tekram scsi and Pioneer DVD-ROM/ATAPI CDROMS