----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Goodwin" <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 12:20 AM
Subject: Installing Win9x (was: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor)
> Jeez, this list has gotten so OT . . .
>
> > From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
>
> > I don't see how it could be any easier to install than Win98. I just put
> the
> > CD in the drive and reset the machine. Then I go away, to lunch,
> perhaps, and
> > when I'm back the drive is freshly formatted as a single partition under
> FAT32
> > and the OS is completely installed, the drivers in place, the modem ready
> to
> > align with the internet parameters it wants (server names, addresses,
> etc) and
> > then I can install applications.
>
> Richard, I don't know what version of Win98 you are using, and I'm not
> familiar with your hardware, but I do two or three installations of Win9x
> every day, and in 95% of the cases I have to provide device drivers for
> something in the system. It is rare that Win9x will provide all of the
> drivers for the sound, modem, video, and IDE controller.
>
> Perhaps you are using a "restore" disk which came with your eMachine,
> Compaq, HP or Gateway computer?
>
> Glen
> 0/0
>
>
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 20:09:07 BST