hackapelite

Okay...I don't know if anyone's suggested this, but I'd transfer the OS (dos) to the HD, as well as 98 setup files. Now I assume you have the boot floppy, and the letter is A:. In the command prompt, type in this:

A:\FORMAT C: <-Better have your HD wiped clean, that can make a difference
A:\SCANDISK C: /SURFACE <-Just to make sure that you don't have a faulty HD
A:\SYS C:

Now you should have the command promp installed to your computer, so you can boot without the floppy and/or CD. DON'T REBOOT YET!

Having done this, type in the following to copy the installation files from the CD to the HD:

md C:\WIN98
copy E:\WIN98\*.* C:\WIN98

Now you should have all the installation files stored in your hd. Now, remove all CDs and floppies that you can think of, and reboot. After rebooting, the command prompt should come up. Type in C:\WIN98\SETUP to run the setup off the HD, and it should be up and running, or up and freezing again...

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PC eye

You missed something there namely the C:\Win98\Win98" since the setup.exe is outside of the Win98 folder at the root of the 98 disk. While that was an old method commonly used at one time it goes into an unsuitable topic.

On the other hand once the installer reaches a certain point it will automatically run scandisk or report that scandisk needs to be run from a boot floppy in order to proceed with the Windows installation. The problem is apparently seeing the installer lock prior to reaching that point.

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diroga

i never thought to copy the install files off the CD and run it from harddrive. I should try that some time.

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PurePwnage

Thanks for the great help. I'll try that when I'm not busy a little later and edit this and tell you how it went.

hackapelite

When WIN98 setup starts, it does NOT perform a surface scan. That's why I added the "/SURFACE" parameter, to check for faults on the disk itself. Plus, the setup file IS in the Win98 directory, at least it's been in all the 98 CDs I've come across. I've installed 98 a thousand and twentyseventimes by only copying the WIN98 folder to the HD, and it's worked fine so far. The setup.exe at the root of the CD only appears to launch the actual installer.

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PurePwnage

OK, I copied it to Win98 in the C: drive, and type in C:\Win98\Setup and literally nothing happens.

EDIT: Never mind! It works! I guess it just needed a fresh format. I booted from CD and it worked solid. Now installing the Internet Wireless Card is going to be the difficult..seems like however many times we attempt to install this, it takes 3 hours.