[linux-help] Re: On Disk

[Ironrose <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Carmichael wrote:

> Do you have any form of DOS on your 486?
>
> If so the easiest way to do what you want is to copy the files to floppy on
> a computer that has a CD-ROM and then copy them to your 486 system into a
> directory of your choose and install directly from the harddrive on the 486
> system.
>
> You only need the files in the main directory of the CD rom and the CAB
> files in the win'95 directory... you don't need the other directories unless
> you want the demos, games and odd device drivers for older versions of DOS.
>
> Make sure that your 486 has MS-DOS 5 or older and or some non-MS DOS system.
>
> --David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Vetor" <jvetor1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:00 AM
> Subject: [linux-help] On Disk
>
> >
> > I have an older 486 laptop that I would like to put Windows95 on to free
> up
> > my good laptop for Linux to handle a couple programs I still use in
> Windows.
> >
> > My problem is I don't have a CD ROM for the old 486. Anyone out there have
> > Win95 on floppy disks? Thanks
> > Jim
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Do you have an external zip drive?  You could copy the cab files to and then
run the install from the zip drive or the hdd.  If you have enough room on the
hdd, then copy the *.cab files to a win95 directory on the hdd and then the
install will be much faster.

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