From: Tom Trottier (Tom_at_act.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 01 1999 - 00:16:38 EST
I also do this. It also makes any changes of hardware or setup much
simpler, since the supporting software is right there - no fishing for the CD.
Tom
At 07:45 1999/11/30 -0600, Rob Bell wrote:
>What I find simplest for doing OS upgrades like this is to copy the
>installation files to the local HD first (from another OS that can see
>the CD), then boot to DOS and run the installation from there. On
>laptop PCs, and even desktop PCs, removing the CD-ROM from the process
>makes things a lot less painful and complicated. Of course, this
>assumes that you have extra free space on the target HD.
>
>Good luck,
>Rob
>
>See-Kit Lam wrote:
>> hi all... i just get hold of a w2k rc2 cd .... but the
>> installation is not as smooth as expected. i have a ibm 20x pcmcia cd
>> rom dirve. the installation comes to a halt during the starting stage
>> of file copying. i try to make a win98 startup disk... with all those
>> specific driver for the drive... the startup is okay..... but tp560
>> can't read anything from the drive. is there any other way to
>> install w2k? thanks. seekit
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