Boot into dos with Cd rom enabled

You will need to load DOS CD drivers for this. You will need a device driver in the Config.sys and a matching mscdex file in the autexec.bat file. Was there a disk provided for the CD drive by any chance? There will be generic atapi drivers on the web....

I remember that I used to be able to bind to Novell through DOS a number of years ago now. Afraid that I am unaware how you would be able to enable and bind/attach through Dos these days. What network were you hoping to attach to? That might help people to provide an answer.

Realize this is only half the answer

good luck

Easiest way I found is to create a bootable floppy, open config.sys with notepad. Find the ref for MSCDEX = (filename) find the file on the the HD (usually in c:\windows\system )and add to the floppy, copy the line from c:\config.sys and add to a:\config.sys, creates CD supported boot.

NIC support should be the same proceedure (but do not off the top of my head know the ref for it/or file name), at this time do not have a bootable 98 PC to verify it can be done.

The posted answers are correct but for a concise easy step by step follow this link. By far the best resource I have found for 9X information .

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/install/floppies.htm#to_win95

You can find a set of generic dos cdrom drivers on this site:

http://www.msttn.com/goodies/

Extract the zip and copy the contents to a floppy. Then run the setup from the floppy.

As for your network card you will have to check your cards maker for dos drivers.

Good Luck Lee