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Gateway Win98 se cd
Name: lowganfive Date: April 18, 2002 at 04:57:58 Pacific
Comment:
The only win 98 cd I have is a gateway cd. The problem is, it only installs on a gateway bios. I'd like to burn this cd, but I can't figure out how to tweak the setup files to get it to run on any machine. I checked with a hex editor, and the files Oemsetup.exe, and oemsetup.bin both had references to gateway within themselves, so I obtained two new copies of those off of IRC, but that didn't help. Has anyone tried this before? Does anyone know which files have to be changed?
Name: tommo Date: April 18, 2002 at 05:01:33 Pacific
Reply:
i think they will only run on a gateway machine dude.. is it a recovery disk?
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Response Number 2
Name: lowganfive Date: April 18, 2002 at 05:38:32 Pacific
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It's not a recovery disk. If you put a newly formated HD in a gateway machine, then it will install 98 se, there is also a file in the win98 folder called biosid.exe. I removed it from the folder, but it still says "This cd is only for use on a Gateway computer." There has to be some file I can change that will trick setup into thinking all machines are gateways.
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Response Number 3
Name: david Date: April 18, 2002 at 08:46:47 Pacific
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Here is gateways answer to install on a non gateway system. click here
http://www.gateway.com/s/issues/114317800.shtml
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Response Number 4
Name: kasunagi Date: June 26, 2002 at 12:59:41 Pacific
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If you replace the MINI.cab, PRECOPY1.CAB, PRECOPY2.CAB, and dossetup.bin with the ones from a real windows 98 SE cd, it should work, im doing it righ now, ive been working on it for a week or so, and i need those files, this isnt a promise but i think it will work, if not i will rewrite biosid.exe, and oemsetup.exe to make the setup think any cmputer is a gateway :)
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