From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Jul 06 1999 - 00:28:43 EDT
richard..
looks like you were right..
now its on that little windows 98 setup window, updating system settings..
Richard Chalk wrote:
> If you wait long enough, it will eventually continue, but it takes a LONG
> time looking for the non-existent floppy drive.
>
> Richard
>
> At 08:53 PM 7/5/99 -0500, Eric Giles wrote:
> >Bill-
> >
> >I am assuming that you have the CD-ROM/DVD drive in the drive bay. Do you
> >happen to have the floppy drive hooked up with the external cable at the
> >same time? I ran into almost the same thing when I originally upgraded my
> >770ED to win98. I remembered from many desktop installs that this is at the
> >point that it accesses the floppy drive. Hooking up the floppy drive solved
> >the installation hang.
> >
> >Hope this helps!
> >
> >Eric Giles
> >
> >NOW, the trouble comes when i try to upgrade to win98 2nd edition...
> >>it loads well, up to the point of the win98 setup window which sets up:
> >>
> >>Control Panel
> >>Programs on the Start Menu
> >>Windows Help
> >>MS-DOS program settings
> >>Tuning up Application Start
> >>System Configueration
> >>
> >>the whole thing gets stuck on the "Programs on the Start Menu" item...
> >>
> >>this has occured while trying to load win98 2nd edition fresh and over
> >>the preload as described above..
> >>
> >>anyone have any thoughts on this..?
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
> >>
> >>** Bill Morrow ** :-)
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> >>770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
> >>
> >>Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will
> >>vary, Done on a
> >>closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
> >>
> >>
-- Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net 770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will vary, Done on a closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
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