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Win98SE AM2 mATX board?
Don't laugh! The only way I can install either win2k or winxp (from
the "upgrade" CD's I have) is from an existing win98 or winnt. I don't have winnt, but, I do have win98, so, in order to install winxp (or win2k) I first install a blank win98 and the pop in my "upgrade" CD. But the MSI K9NBPM2-FID will not allow the windows 98 CD to complete the installation (hangs with a variety of error messages). MSI says there is NO SUPPORT for windows 98 for that motherbaord. Blast! I am hoping to at least salvage my mATX case and ram and CPU, so, all I need to change out is this mboard for one that will at least allow a win98se installation to proceed to completion (without installing any optional drivers). How about the ASUS M2NPV-VM *Geforce 6150)? I asked ASUS but they haven't responded. If anyone has installed wi98 (even barebones) on any of the current mATX boards (with an advanced video - DVI or HDMI), please advise. |
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Win98SE AM2 mATX board?
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:49:13 -0700, surface9 wrote:
Don't laugh! The only way I can install either win2k or winxp (from the "upgrade" CD's I have) is from an existing win98 or winnt. I don't have winnt, but, I do have win98, so, in order to install winxp (or win2k) I first install a blank win98 and the pop in my "upgrade" CD. But the MSI K9NBPM2-FID will not allow the windows 98 CD to complete the installation (hangs with a variety of error messages). MSI says there is NO SUPPORT for windows 98 for that motherbaord. Blast! I am hoping to at least salvage my mATX case and ram and CPU, so, all I need to change out is this mboard for one that will at least allow a win98se installation to proceed to completion (without installing any optional drivers). How about the ASUS M2NPV-VM *Geforce 6150)? I asked ASUS but they haven't responded. If anyone has installed wi98 (even barebones) on any of the current mATX boards (with an advanced video - DVI or HDMI), please advise. IIRC all the upgrade needs to see is the W98 OS. So don't you have a floppy with the OS on it? if not, you can probably create one booting from the W98 to W98 dos. I don't recall the exact options given on boot. You might be able to sys the OS to the HDD from the cd too. I haven't used windows in a number of years. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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Win98SE AM2 mATX board?
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:5k_li.117$SM6.32@trnddc01... On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:49:13 -0700, surface9 wrote: Don't laugh! The only way I can install either win2k or winxp (from the "upgrade" CD's I have) is from an existing win98 or winnt. I don't have winnt, but, I do have win98, so, in order to install winxp (or win2k) I first install a blank win98 and the pop in my "upgrade" CD. But the MSI K9NBPM2-FID will not allow the windows 98 CD to complete the installation (hangs with a variety of error messages). MSI says there is NO SUPPORT for windows 98 for that motherbaord. Blast! I am hoping to at least salvage my mATX case and ram and CPU, so, all I need to change out is this mboard for one that will at least allow a win98se installation to proceed to completion (without installing any optional drivers). How about the ASUS M2NPV-VM *Geforce 6150)? I asked ASUS but they haven't responded. If anyone has installed wi98 (even barebones) on any of the current mATX boards (with an advanced video - DVI or HDMI), please advise. IIRC all the upgrade needs to see is the W98 OS. So don't you have a floppy with the OS on it? if not, you can probably create one booting from the W98 to W98 dos. I don't recall the exact options given on boot. You might be able to sys the OS to the HDD from the cd too. I haven't used windows in a number of years. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm As far as I remember, the XP Install will ask for the 98 CD, so just swap them over and whaen its finished looking at 98, swap them back again, and keep going. Mind you its been a couple of years or so since I last used 98, or upgraded for that matter. |
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Win98SE AM2 mATX board?
On Jul 14, 6:15 am, "oldwolf" wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news:5k_li.117$SM6.32@trnddc01... On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:49:13 -0700, surface9 wrote: Don't laugh! The only way I can install either win2k or winxp (from the "upgrade" CD's I have) is from an existing win98 or winnt. I don't have winnt, but, I do have win98, so, in order to install winxp (or win2k) I first install a blank win98 and the pop in my "upgrade" CD. But the MSI K9NBPM2-FID will not allow the windows 98 CD to complete the installation (hangs with a variety of error messages). MSI says there is NO SUPPORT for windows 98 for that motherbaord. Blast! I am hoping to at least salvage my mATX case and ram and CPU, so, all I need to change out is this mboard for one that will at least allow a win98se installation to proceed to completion (without installing any optional drivers). How about the ASUS M2NPV-VM *Geforce 6150)? I asked ASUS but they haven't responded. If anyone has installed wi98 (even barebones) on any of the current mATX boards (with an advanced video - DVI or HDMI), please advise. IIRC all the upgrade needs to see is the W98 OS. So don't you have a floppy with the OS on it? if not, you can probably create one booting from the W98 to W98 dos. I don't recall the exact options given on boot. You might be able to sys the OS to the HDD from the cd too. I haven't used windows in a number of years. -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder?http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.htmlUsenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My serverhttp://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 comparedhttp://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm As far as I remember, the XP Install will ask for the 98 CD, so just swap them over and whaen its finished looking at 98, swap them back again, and keep going. Mind you its been a couple of years or so since I last used 98, or upgraded for that matter.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Could it be that none of the current mATX boards can run on windows 98SE? What a bumer! |
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Win98SE AM2 mATX board?
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:49:13 -0700, surface9 wrote:
Don't laugh! The only way I can install either win2k or winxp (from the "upgrade" CD's I have) is from an existing win98 or winnt. I don't have You could always put the drive in a different computer and do a Win98 install then move the drive back. Steve |
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Win98SE AM2 mATX board?
On Jul 14, 3:36 pm, SteveSch wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:49:13 -0700, surface9 wrote: Don't laugh! The only way I can install either win2k or winxp (from the "upgrade" CD's I have) is from an existing win98 or winnt. I don't have You could always put the drive in a different computer and do a Win98 install then move the drive back. Steve As it turns out, I was very forgetful. In order to install my version of win2000, I need 4 win2k startup floppies, and, since I had copied my win2k cd onto a h/d, I was able to recreate the floppies and the CD, and the, after installing a floppy, I was able to finally install win2000. whew I did try first just taking a plain vanilla win98se h/d from another PC and booting with it on my new PC, but, it wouldn't work (unable to allocate memory), and the folks at MSI said it was because the chipset for this mboard do not support windows 98 se. All is well that ends well. |
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