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Actually, there are at least three ways to install OSR2 over an older
version of Win95 outlined at the OSR2 FAQ pages:
http://www.compuclinic.com/osr2faq/

The easiest way to do it is to rename your current Win.com to win.old
then run the OSR2 etup.exe from a directory on your hard drive or from
the CDROM.

In <3555ED1E.CDD0CF3F@earthlink.net> Douglas Markell
<dm61@earthlink.net> writes: 
>
>How to install OSR2.1 OVER previous versions of Win95.
>
>1) Copy Win95 OSR2.1 files to a directory on the HD.
>2) Open "Precopy2.cab". 
>3) Extract the "Layout.inf" file. Insert the line
"setuppp.inf=0,,4550".
>4) Extract the "Setuppp.inf" file. Find "ProductType=9", change this
to
>"ProductType=2". (This tells the install program that this is an
upgrade
>and not a new install).
>5) Run setup.exe and you are in there.
>
>The system is now FAT32 capable, however, you must run Partition Magic
>or other "partition-on-the-fly" software to enable FAT32.
>
>
>PS Wacks who don't know shit about computers SHOULD NOT give advice.
>
>EXAMPLE 1:
>
>
>               Subject:      Re: Install win 95 OEM PLEASE HELP!!!!
>               From:         "Phill" <research@sol.co.uk>
>               Date:         1998/04/27
>               Message-ID:   <6i23kb$j0e$3@biffo.sol.co.uk>
>               Newsgroups:   alt.comp.hardware
>               [More Headers]
>
>               You can't load OSR 2.1+ on a disk that already has an
OS.
>The best thing to
>               do is format you're drive (backing up anything you
don't
>want to lose). Boot
>               off you're Win95 Start-up floppy with the CD in the
>drive, sit back and
>               watch 95 install.
>
>               Phill
>
>
>
>EXAMPLE 2:
>
>Subject:      Re: Installing OSR 2
>               From:         "Mike Ronn"
><mi5c5r5on@ac5c5e5s5s5o5n5e5.c5o5m>
>               Date:         1998/05/06
>               Message-ID:   <6iprgr$4cu$1@supernews.com>
>               Newsgroups:   alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
>               [More Headers]
>
>               The issue with OSR/2 is it is a manufacturers only
>release.  If you have a
>               CD, you must blow your system clean before you install
>it.  Or, you can just
>               wait for Windows 98! :)
>
>EXAMPLE 3:
>
>Subject:      Re: HELP! Win95 OSR2
>               From:         DaveW <davew2@slip.net>
>               Date:         1998/05/06
>               Message-ID:   <355105A7.373B57AA@slip.net>
>               Newsgroups:   comp.windows.misc
>               [More Headers]
>
>
>
>               Sin Pak Wing Daniel wrote:
>
>               > Hi,
>               >
>               > I surfed www.microsoft.com for patch of OSR2 so as to
>upgrade my FAT16
>               > to FAT32.  But Microsoft's Download Page does not
>contain such a fix.
>               > Could anyone please e-mail me how I can install
FAT32?
>               >
>               > DS
>
>
>               Howdy :)
>
>               Sorry, you can't.  To install OSR2 on a machine that
>already has Windows
>               95 version a on it, you first have to FORMAT the
>harddrive to wipe it
>               clean, and then install OSR2 and all your old files.
>
>               OSR2 and version a are incompatible.  (Windows 98 will
>fix this.)
>               --
>               ---

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