No Floppy and No CD-ROM

Does restarting in DOS mode create a RAM Disk, where the DOS files are
placed? I'm asking this because I seem to remember working on a notebook
without a Floppy or a CD drive many years ago. I installed Windows 98 this
way:

1. Used a cable to transfer Partition Magic from my computer to the
notebook.
2. Then created a D partition, with that application, on the notebook, and
formatted it.
3. Used the cable again to transfer the Windows 98 setup files to a folder
on D drive.
4. Rebooted the notebook in DOS mode, and using: format c: wiped the C
drive.
5. Then, still in DOS mode, typed in: d:\win98\setup.exe, and the
installation began.

Am I just recalling this wrong, or does this appear to be a workable
solution?

"darkrats" wrote in message
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Does restarting in DOS mode create a RAM Disk, where the DOS files are
placed?

No: but some boot floppies do because their AUTOEXEC.BAT
and CONFIG.SYS files load RAMDRV.SYS to create a RAM
disk and then copy utilities to it.

I'm asking this because I seem to remember working on a notebook
without a Floppy or a CD drive many years ago. I installed Windows 98 this
way:

1. Used a cable to transfer Partition Magic from my computer to the
notebook.
2. Then created a D partition, with that application, on the notebook, and
formatted it.
3. Used the cable again to transfer the Windows 98 setup files to a folder
on D drive.
4. Rebooted the notebook in DOS mode, and using: format c: wiped the C
drive.
5. Then, still in DOS mode, typed in: d:\win98\setup.exe, and the
installation began.

Am I just recalling this wrong, or does this appear to be a workable
solution?

This may work OK if:
(A) You also copy to D:\root such essential DOS utilities as
FORMAT.COM (found on the installer boot floppies at
www.bootdisk.com). This way you need not worry about
a RAMdisk.
(B) in #3 you need to copy the CD folder \Drivers as well as the
folder \Win98.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)