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   here_and_there to All   
   Re: Install with overlay   
   20 Jul 04 11:54:37   
   
   From: home@away.com   
      
   On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:18:36 GMT, Danno    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:06:55 GMT, here_and_there  wrote:   
   >> With that hard drive, have you tried this:   
   >> 1. use FDISK, then FORMAT via the 2.5 to 3.5 convertor in the other PC   
   >> 2.  Use sys to copy the basic boot files to the hard drive  Then copy   
   >> the Win95 innstall folder to a folder on the hard drive   
   >> 3.  Move the hard drive to the laptop.   
   >> 4.  Boot just using the hard drive boot files (no overlay)   
   >> 3 Install Win95 from the folder on the hard drive   
   >>   
   >  Unfotunately, the laptop won't boot the drive as is. It's a 2G drive, and   
   >from what I can gather, in the BIOS the largest hdd size is about 150M or so.   
   >I've had the basic sys files for DOS 6.21 booting at one point, after   
   formatting   
   >with MaxBlast Plus, but then I wasn't able to install the full DOS OS because   
   >of the overlay.   
   >  Any other suggestions?   
   Sorry no.   
      
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