Idea For A Win98 Se Project

[sybesma]

I have heard of people doing this with WinXP and WinServer 2003 -- see BartPE page at http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

I wish this could be done with Windows 98 SE.

Think of the advantages of having a stable, guaraneed to boot GUI on a CD-ROM that you could run 32-bit utilities from.

Could be a really nice "rescue CD on steroids" if you know what I mean.

Steve

[sybesma]

I found some links to sites that propose to tell you how to make a CD that you install Windows 98 ONTO and run Windows 98 FROM (this would be extremely cool in case you have a machine that's down and need a guaranteed way to be able to get up and running immediately without a hassle, and have all the tools at hand [including internet access] in order to salvage your machine later):

http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/11/206/ -- 1st article on the subject but not a successful attempt, yet it got the ball rolling

http://www.lachiesadicristo.it/w98cd/default.htm -- 2nd article on the subject which mentions the failures of the 1st article and appears to have been successful

[Gurgelmeyer]

That's a great idea for a project

I'll give it a try when I find the time.

[jaclaz]

Please find here the above and some more links:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=27296

However the best way (simplest) I found was to use this program, now releases as FREEWARE:

Qualystem Rescue 1.2 Free Edition

http://www.qualystem.com/en/download.html

jaclaz

[soldier1st]

you can already boot from the 98 se cd on boot just you need to configure your bios to boot from cd rom first

a good idea would be to slipstream the 512 MB fix into the 98 installation, at least try to do that...