From: Joe D (jdworsky_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 23:36:51 EST
When I got my TP 560e a few months ago, I immediately installed W98
using 98lite and everything worked right away - no special files, and
has been running flawlessly ever since.
Joe
David Ross wrote:
> As I just mentioned in another thread, I am thinking of using 98lite (
> www.98lite.net [not 'com']) to install
> W98SE on a TP560X (and maybe a TP560 too). This program can remove 'intrinsic'
> components (ie, IE)
> from an already - there copy of W98; moreover, when used to control the initial
> installation of W98, it can
> force a lean install (as low as 60 megs!) without some of the bloat that makes
> 98 slower than 95.
>
> However, with Thinkpads there are often special considerations for installing
> W9x. For example, for W95 OSR2
> on my 560X, I had to put some special files from IBM in the setup directory
> before the install (else the pcmcia
> wouldn't work). So, I'm wondering if anyone on the list has used 98lite, and
> what if anything had to be done
> for the Thinkpad-specific parts of the install.
>
> Thanks
> David R.
>
>
>
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