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andrewas · 09-10-2005, 08:09 PM

A winXP boot floppy does take up 6 floppies. It gets better. A win9x boot floppy does not allow you to run a winXP installation. That installer requires a windows kernel to be running, which means booting from an NT boot floppy.

The normal way to do this is to boot from the CDROM, but if that isnt working your going to need to find a 6th floppy. It might be worth putting a new CDROM drive in, it might be that the existing one isnt capable of booting from CD. I havent seen a drive that can't do that for ages, but it is possible.

09-10-2005, 08:09 PM	#5
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 4,774	A winXP boot floppy does take up 6 floppies. It gets better. A win9x boot floppy does not allow you to run a winXP installation. That installer requires a windows kernel to be running, which means booting from an NT boot floppy. The normal way to do this is to boot from the CDROM, but if that isnt working your going to need to find a 6th floppy. It might be worth putting a new CDROM drive in, it might be that the existing one isnt capable of booting from CD. I havent seen a drive that can't do that for ages, but it is possible. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />