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Old August 13th 06, 03:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
dilbert firestorm
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Default set up problem with cd/dvd drive

Jeff Richards wrote:
What command are you using to start the install, and what is the result?
Is there a message? If so, quote it exactly.


setup.

a message saying it can't find specfic files from this particular drive.
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Old August 13th 06, 03:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
dilbert firestorm
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Default set up problem with cd/dvd drive

Ben Myers wrote:
See the following about Plextor blink codes.

http://www.plextor.com/english/support/faqs/HW00018.htm

Ben


it blinks twice. suggest auto-adjustment failure.

problem with this, is that I know it works fine under OS/2.




"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...

Jeff Richards wrote:

You have indicated that the computer isn't seeing the Plextor drive as E:.
What letter is it seeing it as? If it's D, then this indicates the hard
drive is not being recognised, perhaps because it's not partitioned
correctly. You will need to fix the drive or fix the partitioning. If it's
seeing it as something greater then E then this indicates you have more than
one partition in the hard drive. In that case, there's no problem - just
modify the commands you are using to start the installation to use the
actual drive letter of the CD instead of E:.



the drive is on C:, the ram drive is D:, E: was supposed to be cd/dvd drive.

I think it is seeing it, but its not reading. the drive light is
blinking amber.

the plextor cd/dvd drive did read the cd disc just that one time during
the install, since then it won't read the disc after one of the
installation steps (it'd say it can't find one of those *.cab files) nor
can setup be accessed after booting.

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Old August 13th 06, 09:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Ben Myers
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Default set up problem with cd/dvd drive

Create a subdirectory on the hard drive, copy the contents of the
Win98 folder to it and run setup from the hard drive.

mkdir c:\win98
copy e:\win98\*.* c:\win98
c:\win98\setup

Ben

"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...
Ben Myers wrote:
See the following about Plextor blink codes.

http://www.plextor.com/english/support/faqs/HW00018.htm

Ben


it blinks twice. suggest auto-adjustment failure.

problem with this, is that I know it works fine under OS/2.




"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...

Jeff Richards wrote:

You have indicated that the computer isn't seeing the Plextor drive as E:.
What letter is it seeing it as? If it's D, then this indicates the hard
drive is not being recognised, perhaps because it's not partitioned
correctly. You will need to fix the drive or fix the partitioning. If it's
seeing it as something greater then E then this indicates you have more than
one partition in the hard drive. In that case, there's no problem - just
modify the commands you are using to start the installation to use the
actual drive letter of the CD instead of E:.


the drive is on C:, the ram drive is D:, E: was supposed to be cd/dvd drive.

I think it is seeing it, but its not reading. the drive light is
blinking amber.

the plextor cd/dvd drive did read the cd disc just that one time during
the install, since then it won't read the disc after one of the
installation steps (it'd say it can't find one of those *.cab files) nor
can setup be accessed after booting.

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Old August 16th 06, 02:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
dilbert firestorm
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Default set up problem with cd/dvd drive

do the same for the drivers, tools & add ons directories?


Ben Myers wrote:
Create a subdirectory on the hard drive, copy the contents of the
Win98 folder to it and run setup from the hard drive.

mkdir c:\win98
copy e:\win98\*.* c:\win98
c:\win98\setup

Ben

"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...

Ben Myers wrote:

See the following about Plextor blink codes.

http://www.plextor.com/english/support/faqs/HW00018.htm

Ben


it blinks twice. suggest auto-adjustment failure.

problem with this, is that I know it works fine under OS/2.




"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...


Jeff Richards wrote:


You have indicated that the computer isn't seeing the Plextor drive as E:.
What letter is it seeing it as? If it's D, then this indicates the hard
drive is not being recognised, perhaps because it's not partitioned
correctly. You will need to fix the drive or fix the partitioning. If it's
seeing it as something greater then E then this indicates you have more than
one partition in the hard drive. In that case, there's no problem - just
modify the commands you are using to start the installation to use the
actual drive letter of the CD instead of E:.


the drive is on C:, the ram drive is D:, E: was supposed to be cd/dvd drive.

I think it is seeing it, but its not reading. the drive light is
blinking amber.

the plextor cd/dvd drive did read the cd disc just that one time during
the install, since then it won't read the disc after one of the
installation steps (it'd say it can't find one of those *.cab files) nor
can setup be accessed after booting.

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Old August 16th 06, 03:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Ben Myers
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Default set up problem with cd/dvd drive

Feel free to copy more if you like.

Ben

"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...
do the same for the drivers, tools & add ons directories?


Ben Myers wrote:
Create a subdirectory on the hard drive, copy the contents of the
Win98 folder to it and run setup from the hard drive.

mkdir c:\win98
copy e:\win98\*.* c:\win98
c:\win98\setup

Ben

"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...

Ben Myers wrote:

See the following about Plextor blink codes.

http://www.plextor.com/english/support/faqs/HW00018.htm

Ben

it blinks twice. suggest auto-adjustment failure.

problem with this, is that I know it works fine under OS/2.




"dilbert firestorm" wrote in message ...


Jeff Richards wrote:


You have indicated that the computer isn't seeing the Plextor drive as E:.
What letter is it seeing it as? If it's D, then this indicates the hard
drive is not being recognised, perhaps because it's not partitioned
correctly. You will need to fix the drive or fix the partitioning. If it's
seeing it as something greater then E then this indicates you have more than
one partition in the hard drive. In that case, there's no problem - just
modify the commands you are using to start the installation to use the
actual drive letter of the CD instead of E:.


the drive is on C:, the ram drive is D:, E: was supposed to be cd/dvd drive.

I think it is seeing it, but its not reading. the drive light is
blinking amber.

the plextor cd/dvd drive did read the cd disc just that one time during
the install, since then it won't read the disc after one of the
installation steps (it'd say it can't find one of those *.cab files) nor
can setup be accessed after booting.

 




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