davo123 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) I've just got myself a msi kt3 ultra2 mobo with an amd athlon xp 3000+ cpu, voodoo 5500, 512mb of ram, and i want to put windows 98 se on it for all the old games that don't work (or work bad) on windows xp (i have an amd athlon 64 x2 4200+ for all the new stuff). I've read through all the lists of updates and hotfixes and all the rest, but there is just too much information it scares me . I need someone to give me a step by step instruction on installing 98 se and updating it to the very latest fixes and things that are available. Thank you Edited January 3, 2008 by davo123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooledComputer Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Hi!try this for installation:http://www.windows98.windowsreinstall.com/...NSTALL%20GUIDESand for the updates use AutoPatcher for 98SEhttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=80800as far as i know you can't install 98 on 512mb of ram, so it would be good to take a stick out install then put it back intheres a patch i think, but you'll have to ask someone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo123 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Ok, thanks for your help, so is the Auto-Patcher the only thing i need to run after i've installed Windows 98 SE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooledComputer Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 well, it installs Internet Explorer 6, Windows Media Player 9, DirectX 9.0c (December 2006) and all availble updates, not to mention some unoffical updates, and some very useful 3rd party apps.so, IMO, yes, thats pretty much it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevel Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Win98SE installs just fine with less than 512Mb RAM, I've installed it on less (must have been 128Mb, though it's too long ago to tell for sure ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) There is also soporific's UBCD - Unattended Boot CDIt already contains most updates contained in the Autopatcher. UBCD is an off-shoot and does it all automagically. Most (if not all) updates were derived from MSFN member's various projects/collections. FWIW, it very well could have all the drivers you need for your hardware (I think it does). AutoPatcher has a lot of extras as well (you run it after a clean/UBCD install). Go look-see Edited January 3, 2008 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo123 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) Ok, thank you all for your help, i've got windows 98se installed now and i've put the unofficial sp v2.1a on it and that's pretty much all right now, i think after i've downloaded the autopatcher i'll just reinstall windows (it takes only like 10 mins anyway )EDIT:Would it be a better idea to reinstall windows with the Unattended Boot CD and then use the AutoPatcher, or after using the AutoPatcher on my normal Windows 98SE CD i just install the drivers like normal? Edited January 3, 2008 by davo123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooledComputer Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 that would be ok, i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soporific Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Ok, thank you all for your help, i've got windows 98se installed now and i've put the unofficial sp v2.1a on it and that's pretty much all right now, i think after i've downloaded the autopatcher i'll just reinstall windows (it takes only like 10 mins anyway )EDIT:Would it be a better idea to reinstall windows with the Unattended Boot CD and then use the AutoPatcher, or after using the AutoPatcher on my normal Windows 98SE CD i just install the drivers like normal?You will get basically the same result. Doing it with UBCD means its one less step. Since you have to 'make' your own UBCD, using AP after installing with a standard Windows 98 SE cd is the easiest way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo123 Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 Thanks for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartel Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 if the updates are still on M$ update, I always started with the oldest ones, 3 or 4 at a time, and rebooted everytime.I was very methodical with 98SE, BTW what MOBO do you have the X2 4200+ on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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