Subj : Re: And another thing
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Sniper
Date : Wed Apr 27 2005 07:47 pm

-=> Angus Mcleod wrote to Deuce <=-

 AM>   Re: And another thing
 AM>   By: Deuce to Angus Mcleod on Tue Apr 26 2005 12:32:00

 >  > The Win98 boot CD .iso is only 2 meg.  It contains (apart from the boot
 >  > code and so forth) a couple of useful files: READNTFS.EXE, DELPART.EXE an
 >  > a copy of FDISK.EXE v1.21 as well.  What if I deleted these from the ISO
 >  > and replaced them with the entire contents of the un-bootable Win98SE
 >  > install disk?  But how do I write to an .iso file, extending it by about
 >  > 600 meg, without hosing it?
 >
 > Ah... I see.
 >
 > Win98 CDs boot in emulation mode, which means the boot image is used as a
 > floppy disk.  Which is where the 2.88MB limit comes from (the largest floppy
 > your BIOS supports)

 AM> <sigh>

 AM> Yes, but the upshot is I have to walk around with *TWO* CDs, one of
 AM> which is bootable and otherwise blank, and the other which contains the
 AM> installation files but isn't bootable.

So... combine 'em!  Geez... is that so hard to figure out!  :)

You got the bootable portion, so, I know you can use that with Nero or
any other burning software to create a bootable CD with the files you
need... all in one!  :)



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