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Installing Win98 on a Win2k with VMWare

I have Win2k English installed on my PC. Did installed VMWare 4.5.2 Build(8848) recently and installed Win2k French properly. That Win2k French is working properly. Now, I have to install a Win98 English also but cannot get it to the installation process. I always got the Windows 98 error message:

No bootable CD, floppy or hard disk was detected. To install an operating system, insert a bootable CD or floppy and restart the virtual machine by clicking the Reset button.

In the devices, I did configured CD-Rom 1 (IDE 1:0) using Drive R: (my CD-Rom drive is "R"), having my Hard Disk 1 (IDE 0:0). On my Win2k French, the Hard Disk is set to SCSI 0:0. Did tried it for Win98 also without success. Any ideas what I am doing wrong???

Alain_Labelle_Ing

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Did a try with a Win2k CD-Rom and it worked. Did tried the Win98 CD into another PC and it did not boot with it neither so I expect a CD faillure. Will call for a new CD tomorrow and will comment the result.

Alain_Labelle_Ing

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Not working neither. I think it might be related to the NTFS partition of my PC. Win98 might not be able to install mainly because it does not see any HDD. Am I right or there is a way to install Win98 with VMWare on a PC that has only NTFS partition ???

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Rob Stone

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