Win98 install question...

[Zeph]

Is it possible to install Win98/98se completely on the Hard Drive so that in NEVER asks you to "please insert the Win98 CD" again for any reason? I vaguely remember hearing that you could copy all the CAB files into a directory and this would work somehow...

Z

 

[Shmorq]

Yes you can... if you copy the entire directory which contains the CAB files, and then istall windows from this copy, you will never be asked for the CD. You don't need to copy the entire CD.
Basically, windows always searches for its files in the directory where you installed windows from, so if you did it from a directory on a hard drive, it'll search that first by default.

 

[Zeph]

Thanks!
Now if I can just remember those DOS commands.. 🙂

 

[aimn]

c:\mkdir windows
cd \windows
c:\windows:
mkdir temp
cd \temp
c:\windows\temp:mkdir cabs
cd d:
d:\cd win98
d:\win98:copy *.* c:\windows\temp\cabs

During the install it will ask you where to install.....go to windows000 and take out the 000 then proceed

 

[Wik]

Well I do it close to the way sysadmin says but I do it this way.

c:\mkdir windows
cd \windows
c:\windows:
mkdir temp
cd \system
c:\windows\system
d:
d:\cd win98
d:\win98:copy *.* c:
c: setup
During the install it will ask you where to install.....go to windows000 and take out the 000 then proceed