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Is there a way to make windows 98 install disks?

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Name: Mary
Date: January 31, 2001 at 10:15:24 Pacific
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I want to make windows 98 install disks form the cd-rom. Basically I want to install windows 98 from the floppy drive completly. This is for my own testing enviroment which I know is not the fastest or best way to install win 98. Any help I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Mary



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Name:
Date: January 31, 2001 at 10:32:45 Pacific
Reply:

This is worth a shot: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.bale/win95backupdis.htm


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Response Number 2
Name: SteveF.
Date: January 31, 2001 at 11:10:24 Pacific
Reply:

someone posted this when I asked the same thing: (you will need to download a program called maxidisk to format floppies at 1.7megs)

|+--floppy 1
| PRECOPY1.CAB
| PRECOPY2.CAB
+---floppy 2
| SWINST4.exe
| wb16off.exe
| winsetup.bin
| xmsmmgr.exe
+---floppy 3
| deltemp.com
| dossetup.bin
| extract.exe
| FORMAT.COM
| layout.inf
| layout1.inf
| MINI.CAB
| MSINFO.INF
| OEMSETUP.BIN
| OEMSETUP.exe
| readme.txt
| RMM.PDR
| save32.com
| scandisk.exe
| scandisk.pif
| scanprog.exe
| setup.exe
| setup.txt
| smartdrv.exe
| SUHELPER.BIN
| win95_02.cab
All other CAB's to floppies (1 Cab for 1 floppy)
And for Wins98a:
+---disk1 |
| DRIVER21.CAB
| MINI.CAB
+---disk2
| BASE4.CAB
| BASE6.CAB
| CATALOG3.CAB
| CHL99.CAB
| DRIVER11.CAB
|
+---disk2
| DRIVER21.CAB
| MINI.CAB
|
+---disk3
| NET10.CAB
| WIN98_22.CAB
| WIN98_69.CAB
|
+---disk4
| DELTEMP.COM
| DOSSETUP.BIN
| EXTRACT.exe
| FORMAT.COM
| INTL.TXT
| OEMSETUP.BIN
| OEMSETUP.exe
| SAVE32.COM
| SCANDISK.exe
| SCANDISK.PIF
| SCANPROG.exe
| SCANREG.exe
| SETUP.exe
| SETUP.TXT
| SETUP0.WAV
| SETUP1.WAV
| SETUP2.WAV
| SMARTDRV.exe
| SUBACK.BIN
| SUHELPER.BIN
| W98SETUP.BIN
| WB16OFF.exe
| XMSMMGR.exe
|
All other CAB's to floppies (1 Cab for 1 floppy)


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Response Number 3
Name: SteveF.
Date: January 31, 2001 at 11:12:03 Pacific
Reply:

oops! win98 start a little ways down at disk1. above that is win95.


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Response Number 4
Name: SteveF.
Date: January 31, 2001 at 11:15:14 Pacific
Reply:

Holy sheep dip! let me redo the copy and paste:

And for Wins98a:
+---disk1 |
| DRIVER21.CAB
| MINI.CAB
+---disk2
| BASE4.CAB
| BASE6.CAB
| CATALOG3.CAB
| CHL99.CAB
| DRIVER11.CAB
+---disk3
| NET10.CAB
| WIN98_22.CAB
| WIN98_69.CAB
|
+---disk4
| DELTEMP.COM
| DOSSETUP.BIN
| EXTRACT.exe
| FORMAT.COM
| INTL.TXT
| OEMSETUP.BIN
| OEMSETUP.exe
| SAVE32.COM
| SCANDISK.exe
| SCANDISK.PIF
| SCANPROG.exe
| SCANREG.exe
| SETUP.exe
| SETUP.TXT
| SETUP0.WAV
| SETUP1.WAV
| SETUP2.WAV
| SMARTDRV.exe
| SUBACK.BIN
| SUHELPER.BIN
| W98SETUP.BIN
| WB16OFF.exe
| XMSMMGR.exe
|
All other CAB's to floppies (1 Cab for 1 floppy)


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