>-----Original Message-----
>From: Morgan Olsson [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 02 October 2005 18:00
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [OT] bootstrapping from a floppy
>
>
>Another method i have used later is to connect the HD to my 
>desktop PC through an 3,5" to 2,5" IDE adapter, and i can 
>prepare the HD with partitiononing, formatting, boot files, 
>and install files, data files before putting it in the Craptop.


I've spent many hours coaxing old laptops into life, and this is without doubt the easiest and fastest way of getting stuff onto a laptop hard drive.  If I need to install Win98 I partition/format the hard drive, "sys" and add a basic config.sys/autoexec.bat it so that it boots to a command prompt when installed in the laptop.  Then create a folder and dump the contents of the Win98 CD into it, so I can perform the installation on the laptop.

Regards

Mike

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