[ILUG] WAY O/T: Extracting a boot disk image from Windows98SE CD?

[Justin MacCarthy]

Check out http://www.bootdisk.com/
Should have something for u. Just book into dos and install from there.

 You might need a cd driver too.

Justin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of John
> Gay
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:48 AM
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: [ILUG] WAY O/T: Extracting a boot disk image from Windows98SE
> CD?
>
>
> I realise this is way off topic, but I'm stuck.
>
> I've got a Windows98SE CD and I need to install it on an old PC
> I've got for
> a friend. Unfortunately, the PC can not boot from the CD. I know
> there has to
> be a boot disk image on the CD somewhere to conform to the
> eltorito specs,
> but I can not seem to find it. Of course M$ would not make it easy.
>
> Does anyone know where this boot disk image is stored so I can
> copy it to a
> boot floppy?
>
> The only other option is to put the hard drive into a PC that CAN
> boot from
> CD, install Windows ontl the hard drive, then put hte hard drive into hte
> other PC, but I don't have a spare PC that CAN boot from CD.
> Also, since the
> install will be on different hardware, I'll still need to let
> Windows figure
> out that the hardware has changed and hope it can update itself
> properly. YEA
> Right.
>
> Thanks for any help and sorry for such an off-topic post.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	John Gay
>
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