Whatever disk, or CD you boot from, it will need the files IO.SYS and COMMAND.COM, with CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and a few others optional. IO.SYS is your basic DOS system and COMMAND.COM accepts what you type on the command line and uses the code found in, and loaded from, IO.SYS to interpret and execute your instructions. COMMAND.COM provides the C:\> prompt, as well as reads and processes AUTOEXEC.BAT, meaning that when you see the C:\> prompt, the booting process has finished.
Some files are hidden and DIR /AH, for Attribute Hidden will reveal their existence.
Once you have your system booted, you need to make Win98 files available for installation. The command to do this is INSTALL or SETUP (I forget which, but try both) and is found on Win98 CDs. You may need to go to the Win98 directory, ("CD \Win98") to find the installation files.
Win98 takes about an hour to install.
Cheers, PW. |
