Re: Can't install from Win98
I have tried reboot and holding the control key down. I think the is Win
98 for Win 95's F8. I tried F8 and it didn't do anything.
There are many choices; I tried "safe console" mode (and some others, I
think). No go.
At 02:06 AM 1/17/00 -0800, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 12:45:13AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
>> I have so far been unsuccessful in getting an install going from a FAT
>> formatted partition under Win98 using the install.bat file. It doesn't
>> work under a "DOS" box or a safe reboot. The parition was originally
>> formatted from NT (I think--at any rate it's not FAT32).
>>
>> I was hoping the procedure for win95 would work for 98. If others confirm
>> my results, we should put the info in the install docs. If there's a way
>> around the problem, that would be good too (I mean where one still kicks
>> things off from win98; I know you can always boot from diskettes or CD).
>
>Have you tried rebooting, pressing F8, and choosing boot into dos mode?
>It wouldn't work from a DOS box for sure, or pretty much anything where
>windows is still around...
>
>-- Nathaniel
>
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