Re: Re: PC advice (Not really HA!)

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

The way I have usually done this in the past (had exactly the same problem
with 4 486's that I gave away a little while ago!) is to temporarily
install
the hard disk into the PC with the CDrom drive, copy all the installation
files onto it, then re-fit it into the original CDROM-less PC.

Laplink et al are al fine, but have you ever tried copying 130MB (I think
thats about the the size of the Win98 CAB files!) over a serial link!! -
even over a parallel cable it's a complete yawn!

Also, I find quickly swapping a hard disk to usually be quicker than
faffing
about trying to get a LAN connection working under DOS - finding the NDIS
drivers for the NIC usually being the hardest part!

£0.02

Paul G.



>
>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, James Hoye <jhoye@l...> wrote:
> > > Connect the two machines, copy the contents of the win98
> > > directory on the
> > > windows CD to the hard disk on the old machine, then run the
> > > installation
> > > from the hard disk.
> >
> > Something like good ol' Laplink3 will do this.  Look for LL3.EXE
-
>newer
> > versions were more bloaty and don't fit neatly into a single file
>on a
> > single boot floppy.  You will need a suitable
parallel->parallel or
> > serial->serial cable.
> >
> > James H
>
>James,
>
>Have you any idea whether Laplink3 would cope with long file names?
>Where might I find a copy of LL3.EXE?  I used to have it years ago,
>but I doubt I could find it now.
>
>Thanks for the ideas.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris
>

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