[linux-help] Re: On Disk

["Peter Wang" <pwang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just one more thing, it is not easy to hook up a zip on window 3.1. You have
to manually edit some configure files.

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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:24 PM
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Subject: [linux-help] Re: On Disk



Good idea, I do have a zip drive and I have had it hooked up to windows 3.1
before and the 486 has 3.1 on it right now. Thanks for the tip.

Jim


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From: Ironrose <amccadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: On Disk


>
> 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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