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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / May 2008installing 98SE on XP/VM2007
Stuck in the installation loop - after win98 copies files and reboots, it comes to A: prompt instead of continuation of setup. Appears that the virtual A: drive it created takes priority on boot. > Stuck in the installation loop - after win98 copies files and reboots, it > comes to A: prompt instead of continuation of setup. Appears that the > virtual > A: drive it created takes priority on boot. Exactly the same as installing Windows 98 on a physical machine... Remove the (virtual) floppy disk...  SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net When you see the A: prompt change directories to the cd drive and type "Setup" just as you did when installing Win9x/ME on a physical machine. > Stuck in the installation loop - after win98 copies files and reboots, it > comes to A: prompt instead of continuation of setup. Appears that the > virtual > A: drive it created takes priority on boot. WIndows 98 SE is a bootable CD-ROM. If you create a VM, on the cd menu, select you hardware CD and place the Wind 98 SE CD in the drive. Reboot the VM and Windows 98 Startup menu should appear. Then you can install Windows 98 SE on the VM easily. Windows 95 does not boot from CD so you need to boot from floppy to install that OS. After starting setup, removing the floppy will allow the VM to boot properly after the installer reboots the machine. > Stuck in the installation loop - after win98 copies files and reboots, it > comes to A: prompt instead of continuation of setup. Appears that the virtual > A: drive it created takes priority on boot. IIRC, by no means were all Win98 cds bootable. Many of the OEM branded cds were, but that was because the OEMs knew whether or not their BIOSs supported booting from cd. In the early days of Win9x a lot of computers still did not have that capability so the MS retail cds did not boot the machine and the user started the installation with the Setup floppy. > WIndows 98 SE is a bootable CD-ROM. If you create a VM, on the cd menu, > select you hardware CD and place the Wind 98 SE CD in the drive. Reboot [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> virtual >> A: drive it created takes priority on boot. |
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