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New MessageWin2K Woes (modified 0 times) aelix
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OK I am at a loss on how to get a working Win98 image on a microdrive, using only a Win2K laptop. I have used the diskprobe utility as others have suggested, and have only had success writing the debian rescue image to the microdrive (via the PCMCIA adapter). I have tried to write other disk images (win98 disk images, toms root boot, etc) and get a drive error on boot (or just a blinking cursor)

I have also tried formatting the microdrive (FAT16), then copying all of the files off of a win98 boot floppy (xcopy /c /h /e /r /k A: E:) and then using dskprobe to set the bootable flag.. but that just gives me a drive error on boot (or blinking cursor)

So basically the only thing I can do with my machine is run the debian rescue disk image. The only way right now I think this would work is if somebody, who had a working Win98 microdrive, could use the dskprobe utility to read in the entire disk as a .dsk image...

(the vmware option somebody else mentioned is not an option because VMware does not support PCMCIA)

Has anyone been able to do what I am trying to do, successfully?

12-18-2001 17:32:05

New MessageRE:Win2K Woes (modified 0 times) RatBastard
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One you got the debian process going, did you alt-f1 to another console?

Once you're there, you can use shell tools like dd etc.

I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do, but if you're trying to install w98 on a drive, wouldn't it be best to just go through the install process from the ia1?

I know that a boot floppy isn't FAT16; it's FAT12. Perhaps that might help.

12-19-2001 12:37:51

New MessageRE:Win2K Woes (modified 0 times) sin613
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i know this may sound like a stupid question, but have you tried the "sys" command to make the microdrive bootable yet? this would, in my eyes, be considered the very first step... if that didn't work, i would be surprised if anything else did.

-barton

12-19-2001 12:49:47

New MessageRE:Win2K Woes (modified 0 times) aelix
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RatBastard: I don't see how dd'ing can make this can make a bootable DOS microdrive.. which I need to start the Win98 install process on the ia1.

Sin613: There is no 'sys' command in Win2k.

I ended up borrowing a win98 laptop from a friend.. so I guess I will go that route. It would be nice however to know if this is possible to do from Win2k.

12-19-2001 13:32:16

New MessageRE:Win2K Woes (modified 0 times) sin613
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since you manage to have a win98 boot floppy, i'm at a loss to see why you aren't using the sys file that is locate in the edb.cab file.

-barton

12-19-2001 15:07:15

New MessageRE:Win2K Woes (modified 0 times) Chase
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Can't use the sys command on the PCMCIA ide-card. Its not accessable from the Win98 boot disk.
-=-
12-23-2001 22:48:59

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