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Re: How to run('install') Hiren's Mini(win)98?

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From: §ñühw¤£f
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:25
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> On Nov 25, 2:17 pm, Pennyw...@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
>>  Pennyw...@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
>>> find the program your looking for, you can CD to the ram disk
>>> and copy the program to the ram drive
>> Ment to say: copy to the Pen drive.
>> --
>>
>> Business nameshttp://fun.themangoblog.com/2008/11/25-totally-bizarre-shop-names.html
> thanks for the input,
> this is what i did
> - formatted as FAT16 the 256 MB flash with right click /format in XP
>  then with -HP drive key boot utility, made it dos bootable pointing
> the software to a system files from a win98 boot floppy (previously
> prepared in win98 PC)
> -unpacked mini98 to windows folder on usb  and put
>  device=c:\windows\himem.sys
> device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ram
> device=c:\windows\ifshlp.sys
> in config.sys on usb root folder
> -now seting bios to usb, boots to dos (I get c:\ prompt)
> 
> How can I start mini98?
> (just typing win.com appears to start windows but then unfortunately
> puts me back to c:\)
> thanks in advance

cd to C:\windows and do 'dir/p' and see if theres all the windows 
components in the directory. If so just type 'win' in C:\WINDOWS and yu 
should get a desktop. Otherwise yer prolly missing some files, mate.

HTH
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Subject: Re: How to run('install') Hiren's Mini(win)98?
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