How to run('install') Hiren's Mini(win)98?
in [Windows 98]
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From: poster on 24 Nov 2008 22:34 just unpacking it to primary active partition,starting himem and ifshlp.sys and typing win.com does not work so how can one make a bootable cd/usbflash with this mini98(make/use win98 bootsector instead of loading it to ramdisk as hirens does)?
From: chuckcar on 24 Nov 2008 23:02 poster <anglomont(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:5f05dd2a-cba2-4d36-ae27-1e5b35f9aabc(a)k41g2000yqn.googlegroups.com: > just unpacking it to primary active partition,starting himem and > ifshlp.sys and typing win.com does not work > so how can one make a bootable cd/usbflash with this mini98(make/use > win98 bootsector instead of loading it to ramdisk as hirens does)? > Take a look at msdos.sys - do *not* remove any of the X's at the end. What message do you get? do you get a dos prompt? what are the attributes of msdos.sys, and io.sys? -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
From: Tony on 24 Nov 2008 23:17 You're the same guy who said you couldn't install or *boot* from usb windows xp right? chuckcar wrote: > poster <anglomont(a)yahoo.com> wrote in > news:5f05dd2a-cba2-4d36-ae27-1e5b35f9aabc(a)k41g2000yqn.googlegroups.com: > > > just unpacking it to primary active partition,starting himem and > > ifshlp.sys and typing win.com does not work > > so how can one make a bootable cd/usbflash with this mini98(make/use > > win98 bootsector instead of loading it to ramdisk as hirens does)? > > > Take a look at msdos.sys - do *not* remove any of the X's at the end. > What message do you get? do you get a dos prompt? what are the attributes > of msdos.sys, and io.sys? > > -- > (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) ) -- The Grandmaster of the CyberFROG Come get your ticket to CyberFROG city Nay, Art thou decideth playeth ye simpleton games. *Some* of us know proper manners Very few. I used to take calls from *rank* noobs, Hamster isn't a newsreader it's a mistake! El-Gonzo Jackson FROGS both me and Chuckcar Using my technical prowess and computer abilities to answer questions beyond the realm of understandability Regards Tony... Making usenet better for everyone everyday
From: Pennywise on 25 Nov 2008 14:17 Pennywise(a)DerryMaine.Gov wrote: >find the program your looking for, you can CD to the ram disk >and copy the program to the ram drive Ment to say: copy to the Pen drive. -- Business names http://fun.themangoblog.com/2008/11/25-totally-bizarre-shop-names.html
From: poster on 8 Dec 2008 14:41
On Nov 25, 2:17 pm, Pennyw...(a)DerryMaine.Gov wrote: > Pennyw...(a)DerryMaine.Gov wrote: > >find the program your looking for, you can CD to the ram disk > >and copy the program to the ram drive > > Ment to say: copy to the Pen drive. > -- > > Business nameshttp://fun.themangoblog.com/2008/11/25-totally-bizarre-shop-names.html thanks for the input, this is what i did - formatted as FAT16 the 256 MB flash with right click /format in XP then with -HP drive key boot utility, made it dos bootable pointing the software to a system files from a win98 boot floppy (previously prepared in win98 PC) -unpacked mini98 to windows folder on usb and put device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ram device=c:\windows\ifshlp.sys in config.sys on usb root folder -now seting bios to usb, boots to dos (I get c:\ prompt) How can I start mini98? (just typing win.com appears to start windows but then unfortunately puts me back to c:\) thanks in advance |