I am trying to install Win98 SE using Parallels 2.1. My host operating system is WinXP Home. My install disk is not bootable, so I start by booting from a floppy. Here the problems seems to start. The boot floppy installs its ram disk using drive C. When I start the setup program ( on a separate CDROM ), it seems to load ok, but then fails, because it fails to find a valid hard drive to install to. I am wondering if the problem is being caused because I have an SATA drive, and Win98 SE doesn't recognise it. It do have a second drive which is connected to an IDE port - would this make a difference? I may have to uninstall Parallels from this computer, and try it on a different computer, perhaps one with Linux installed. Would like to get this to work, however. Thanks, Roger
problem solved It took awhile, but I finally got Win98se installed. Win98se seems very slow, however. Still have to run windows update, but at least it works. Basically, here is how I did it. 1) I created a basic win98se boot floppy - I had access to a win98se computer and just formatted the floppy with system files, then added a few utilities ( format.com, sys.com ) by using the extract command and the original install floppy. 2) Back in Parallels, I booted from basic floppy ( no ramdrive or cd rom drivers ), and formated the C: drive. 3) Then I rebooted from the original install floppy, and then found that the ramdrive was created in drive D: instead of C:, so I changed in Parallels, my CDROM drive to drive E: - then rebooted. 4) Everything was detected, so I was able to access my CDROM with the Win98se setup program, and all was well from there on out - except that the install was very slow - well over 2 hours ( I lost track ). 5) One other problem of note - it might be a good idea to turn off your screensaver when doing the install - maybe even when running Parallels. My monitor went black during the install, and it took me awhile to figure out how to recover. Roger
