Re: PC advice (Not really HA!)

["Christopher Williams" <ccwilliams@xxxxxxx>]

Well I managed to transfer all 137Mb of /win98 using serial - took=20
all night.  Setup seemed to work fine, but the HD will not boot!

Before I started I booted the 486 from the Startup Floppy and=20
formatted and sys'd the HD.  This didn't boot either, I hoped setup=20
would fix it but it didn't.

When it boots a menu comes up (before config.sys is processed as far=20
as I can tell) asking if I want to boot from the HD or CD-Rom,=20
unfortunately it does not work when I select HD.

I am now considering installing Win3.11 first and then upgrading it!
This may also allow me to use the network to access the CD, but I=20
guess it will fail if it has to reboot?

I'll let you know if I have any success!

Thanks for all the help,

Cheers,

Chris Williams



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@h...>
wrote:
> The way I have usually done this in the past (had exactly the same=20
problem=20
> with 4 486's that I gave away a little while ago!) is to=20
temporarily install=20
> the hard disk into the PC with the CDrom drive, copy all the=20
installation=20
> files onto it, then re-fit it into the original CDROM-less PC.
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> Laplink et al are al fine, but have you ever tried copying 130MB (I=20
think=20
> thats about the the size of the Win98 CAB files!) over a serial=20
link!! -=20
> even over a parallel cable it's a complete yawn!
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> Also, I find quickly swapping a hard disk to usually be quicker=20
than faffing=20
> about trying to get a LAN connection working under DOS - finding=20
the NDIS=20
> drivers for the NIC usually being the hardest part!
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> =A30.02
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> Paul G.
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> >
> >--- 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=20
LL3.EXE -
> >newer
> > > versions were more bloaty and don't fit neatly into a
single=20
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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