Re: bootdisks
eculbert wrote: For that windows boot disk, can I burn it to a cdrom since it is supposedly a bootable? In other words, will that work as well as from a floppy as I have two cd devices in this machine. Ed. Ed/ke7feg For posterity, I came across http://www.allbootdisks.com/ today. Quite a variety of bootable images, floppies and CDs. -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: bootdisks
No, that won't work, the CDROM drivers are on the boot disk. Win98 was not designed to be bootable from the cd, although I do have a few that were made bootable. You can down load the disk contents online, just google it. Also windows will 'NOT' format over ext2 or ext3. You must use either a utility that erases the existing partition/s or use Linux to create the fat. Once this is done, win98 will do just fine. eculbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For that windows boot disk, can I burn it to a cdrom since it is supposedly a bootable? In other words, will that work as well as from a floppy as I have two cd devices in this machine. Ed. Ed/ke7feg Did I mention, 2/23/07 the FCC dropped all cw (ADA Morse code) testing for any class of license as a ham? Just pass the written and U's a ham!! Many sites test online, but you have to go for the real test. $14 for as high as you can climb in one session. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Please visit http://www.iconnetworksolutions.com --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: bootdisks
From: eculbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Sammartano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Win98 was not designed to be bootable from the cd, although I do have a few that were made bootable. Also windows will 'NOT' format over ext2 The only 'Doze98 CD (first edition) I ever had was bootable. So it's possible, and I *thought* that was the default. utility that erases the existing partition/s or use Linux to create the fat. fdisk + mkdosfs -F32 will not just make the CD happy, it'll save *a lot* of time. Format and check takes forever if you have a decent-sized disk. Make sure to get the partition type right (0x0b for 8G, 0x0c for 8G) or the whole thing will fail miserably after wasting a lot of time. Wondering if somehow, no fat partition is being detected and instead it is balking at that? That'd be the first thing I'd try. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
