the laptop could boot from the floppy, but while the floppy module was
hooked up the cd module could not be, so when it came time to switch to the
cd module to load the win98 program the laptop had not been able to
recognize the cd module. i did not have a boot disk made on a cd. i chose to
take the path of the walkthru and use the floppy boot disk i had, and then
install from the win98 cd after. never tried if the laptop could have booted
from a cd bootdisk, after i began reading the walkthru, i felt it was an
option i could handle, so i never burned a boot cd.
"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
If you don't mind, Jeff, just so I'm sure what's what. This laptop could
not boot from the CD drive, but could boot from the interchangeable floppy
drive? So sufficient stuff had to be done from the floppy boot to make the
HD bootable with CDROM support?

Or were bootable CD solutions viable, just not as convenient?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"pemo" wrote in message
...
jeff,
that did it. the link to the description /walk-thru, and the
instructions were perfect. thanks again