- Windows 98 usb problems install#
- Windows 98 usb problems drivers#
- Windows 98 usb problems driver#
Next we need to prepare the thin client internal hard drive for Windows 98 install. Step 5 - Partition thin client internal hard disk Remove the USB stick and switch over to the thin client. Copy them all to the Easy2Boot data partition: DirectX 7.0a and WinSCP 4.39 (an FTP client) are also useful. You’ll also need a zip utility to extract the drivers.
Windows 98 usb problems drivers#
This contains the chipset, graphics and audio drivers for our thin client hardware:
Windows 98 usb problems driver#
Lastly, download and copy the Windows 98 driver package to the Easy2Boot data partition ( E2B_PTN2). This tells Easy2Boot that this is a floppy image, and to mount the thin client internal drive as drive C - which is what we need for Windows 98 install: Rename the file, and change the extension to imgfdhd01.
Once the copy is done, we need to change the file extension. Download the Windows 98 boot floppy and copy it to the \_ISO\WIN folder on your Easy2Boot ( E2B) partition: Double-click to mount it as a new drive.Ĭopy the win98 folder over to the Easy2Boot data partition ( E2B_PTN2):
Windows 98 usb problems install#
This will make the install much faster and it’s also super useful to have the install files on our hard drive so we don’t have to keep mounting the Windows 98 CD in future.įirst, download the Windows 98 SE ISO. We’ll plan to install Windows 98 from hard drive. Any files you copy here will be mounted on the host operating system when we launch via Easy2Boot
E2B_PTN2 aka “Easy2Boot data partition”. Any ISOs or images you copy in here will be bootable via the Easy2Boot menu system With the USB stick prepared, you should have two partitions: When the process is complete the command window will turn green. Once the format is done, repeatedly hit Enter to accept the default options (we don’t need to do anything special here). Hit OK to start the partition and format process. Then hit Y to format the drive and 0 to set the default partition options. In the command window, select your target USB drive (in my case this is 5 - ADATA USB Flash Drive). Instead, open the install folder and find MAKE_E2B_USB_DRIVE.cmd. When the install completes, the Make_E2B utility will launch. With smaller drives, our images might get fragmented and we might run into weird install or boot issues. Perfect for our thin client build.Įasy2Boot likes to work with contigious (not fragmented) files - this is why we want a 32GB or larger USB drive. This is a super useful tool that can prepare a USB flash drive to boot almost any floppy or CD image - even when you don’t actually have a physical floppy or CD drive on your system. Step 1 - Download and install Easy2Bootįirst download and install Easy2Boot. HP t5000 Series thin clients) with some minor adjustments. These instructions will also work for other driveless PCs (e.g. Recommended utilities – 7-zip 9.20, DirectX 7.0a, WinSCP 4.39. Windows 98 SE install media – ISO and boot floppy.
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