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by jtsylvanis

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There are two computers. One running Win98, the other one DOS. Want to install Win 98 (not upgrade, but full version) onto the DOS machine. No CD-ROM in the DOS machine. There are NICS in both computers and the Win98 is set up for Peer-to-Peer. I want to use it as a server to install Win98 onto the DOS machine. I don't have an INTERLNK cable for an eventual DOS-to-DOS connection. The link between computers is Thinnet. Any one have a thought? If so, please e-mail me at jtsylvanis@juno.com

Thanks, John.

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by tbradley

Without Cabling, clients, configurations, etc etc.....

simply borrow the CD-rom drive from the 98 machine, hook it up in the dos machine temporarily, boot with win98 boot disk, load, copy the cab files to the hard drive, then put the CD back....

Or, pull the Hard drive from the dos machine, make it a slave, hook it up in the 98 machine long enough to copy the cab files. PUt er back, boot to C:\, find setup.exe and away ya go.

by tjc

Try coping the windows 98 cd though your network to a directory on the dos computer, if enough room and then install it from the folder on the dos computer.

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