I'll jump in on the ME bashing. I'm one of those tards with a couple of legacy apps that need real DOS. Win 98 SE works well for me and it can be tamed. OTOH, ME is possibly the worst Windows version ever released. If you don't want to go forward to XP Pro, go back to 98 SE.
Originally posted by: Wiseguy69
How do you install it with a DOS disk?
You don't need a boot floppy if the machine supports booting from CD-ROM. Just set that in the CMOS. If you need to setup Windows from a floppy, all you need is a bootable floppy that will recognize the CD-ROM.
1. On a Win 98 machine, go to the DOS prompt, insert a blank floppy in A:, and type
SYS A:.
2. If you want to do a really clean job, next type
DELTREE/Y A:*.BIN. This will get rid of the large hidden binary file,
DRVSPACE.BIN, which is totally useless on a bootable floppy, and leave more space for other utilities you may find useful.
3. Make the disk able to use a mouse and the CD-ROM when booting from it. Copy the following files to the floppy:
MSCDEX.EXE.
OAKCDROM.SYS, or any other good generic CD-ROM driver.
MOUSE.COM (a good generic mouse driver, such as MS ver. 8.2 is small and handy.)
4. Create a CONFIG.SYS file with this statement:
DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 (Or substitute the name of your CD-ROM driver.
5. Create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file with these statements:
VERIFY ON
MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /V
MOUSE
When you boot from the floppy, just type
D:\SETUP <Enter>. If the CD-ROM is another letter, change the command appropriately.
As far as cancelling the install, I can't. Before anything loads, Me "builds the driver info database" and offers no option to cancel. Ctrl-alt-del to end the task doesn't help either.
If you're going to blow off Win ME, you can always use the off switch. You don't really care if you corrupt the files on the drive if you're going to change OS's.
BTW, ME doesn't allow the above proceedure. They removed the ability to create a bootable floppy from the DOS prompt.
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