Question about Win98 and Flyakite's multi boot tutorial...

[andyd]

I get this error after following the steps using VMWare...

I'm not sure if there were any necessary steps that were overlooked in this section. Can anyone comment on this?

#1 I have alot more in my autoexec (at the end of this). Plus, there is no mention as to what I have to do about the path of the actual 98 setup folder. I'm guessing it's this line I'm supposed to change...

path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\SETUP\98SE\

Right?

It's been a while but I don't remember if I needed a formatted partition before I can set up Win98. I'm guessing that's the reason why I'm getting the error from above. What do you guys think.

Autoexec.bat details...

@ECHO OFF

set EXPAND=YES

SET DIRCMD=/O:N

set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15

set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C

cls

call setramd.bat %LglDrv%

set temp=c:\

set tmp=c:\

path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\

copy command.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL

set comspec=%RAMD%:\command.com

copy extract.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL

copy readme.txt %RAMD%:\ > NUL

:ERROR

IF EXIST ebd.cab GOTO EXT

echo Please insert Windows 98 Startup Disk 2

echo.

pause

GOTO ERROR

:EXT

%RAMD%:\extract /y /e /l %RAMD%: ebd.cab > NUL

echo The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive %RAMD%.

echo.

LH %ramd%:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:%CDROM%

echo.

cls

echo Now installing Windows 98 SE

echo.

echo Loading...

path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\SETUP\98SE\

SETUP.EXE

echo.

GOTO QUIT

:QUIT

echo To get help, type HELP and press ENTER.

echo.

rem clean up environment variables

set CDROM=

[amd64lover]

I had problems as well with windows 98, but i eventually got it working. did you download the 98SE.IMA file from the link in his guide? if not, then do so.

here is what i did with mine...

-i created a 'win98' folder in the root of my AIO-DVD and copied the entire contents of the windows 98 cd to that folder.

- using WinImage, i extracted autoexec.bat and edited it. i have attached a txt file showing exactly what is in my file, yours should be exactly the same (unless you changed the setup path). If you dont have the findcd.exe file, i have attached that as well. after you edit the autoexec.bat file, drag both it and the findcd.exe file back into WinImage (which should still have the 98SE.IMA file open) and 'inject' it in there and overwrite the existing files.

This should solve your problem. Let me know how it works out. Thanks

AUTOEXEC.txt

findcd.zip

[andyd]

thanks for the Help! Got some questions...

I'm still not sure what line I'm supposed to be editing to setup.exe to the necessary files.

What is this line for?

IF "%config%"=="SETUP_CD" goto AUTOSETUP

Is the "SETUP_CD" line for the folder where the os files are saved?

My folder structure...

\SETUP\98SE\ - then just the files that are necessary for setup

What about this line?

cd \WIN98\WIN98

Is that where I'm supposed to change it to \SETUP\98SE\?

Edited October 16, 2005 by andyd

[andyd]

Below is what I'm using now but I get errors about "bad command or file name" after getting to "Loading...". I'm guessing it's not finding setup.exe. What do you think? I don't get it though. i have the autoexec pointing to "\SETUP\98SE\" which is where the setup.exe file is located.

@ECHO OFF

set EXPAND=YES

SET DIRCMD=/O:N

set LglDrv=27 * 26 Z 25 Y 24 X 23 W 22 V 21 U 20 T 19 S 18 R 17 Q 16 P 15

set LglDrv=%LglDrv% O 14 N 13 M 12 L 11 K 10 J 9 I 8 H 7 G 6 F 5 E 4 D 3 C

cls

call setramd.bat %LglDrv%

set temp=c:\

set tmp=c:\

path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\

copy command.com %RAMD%:\ > NUL

set comspec=%RAMD%:\command.com

copy extract.exe %RAMD%:\ > NUL

copy readme.txt %RAMD%:\ > NUL

:ERROR

IF EXIST ebd.cab GOTO EXT

echo Please insert Windows 98 Startup Disk 2

echo.

pause

GOTO ERROR

:EXT

%RAMD%:\extract /y /e /l %RAMD%: ebd.cab > NUL

echo The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive %RAMD%.

echo.

LH %ramd%:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /L:W

echo.

set CDROM=FOO23

FINDCD.EXE

if "%CDROM%"=="FOO23" goto QUIT

cls

echo Now installing Windows 98 SE

echo.

echo Loading...

path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\SETUP\98SE\

SETUP.EXE /IE /NF

echo.

GOTO QUIT

:QUIT

echo To get help, type HELP and press ENTER.

echo.

rem clean up environment variables

set CDROM=

set LglDrv=

[amd64lover]

For some reason, when i put the installation file in the 'Setup\Win98', it didnt work right, so i created a 'Win98' folder in the root of the dvd and put the entire cd contents in there

So basically, create a WIN98 folder in the root of your AIO-DVD, then copy the entire contents of your windows 98 cd to that folder. then download this 98SE.IMA file and put it in the root of your AIO-DVD. it can be downloaded here .... http://rapidshare.de/files/6375376/98SE.IMA.html

The file doesnt need to be edited, just place it in there. Here is what your directory structure should look like...

AIO-DVD\98SE.IMA

AIO-DVD\WIN98

AIO-DVD\WIN98\ADD-ONS

AIO-DVD\WIN98\CDSAMPLE

AIO-DVD\WIN98\DRIVERS

AIO-DVD\WIN98\TOOLS

AIO-DVD\WIN98\WIN98

AIO-DVD\WIN98\SETUP.EXE

AIO-DVD\WIN98\AUTORUN.INF

AIO-DVD\WIN98\README.TXT

[andyd]

ok cool. got it working but I think I do have to setup a partition first (unformatted) unlike winxp where i can set up the partition during text setup. or is it not that way?

[andyd]

Yep. Had to format before running setup Working perfectly now. Appreciate the help!