peter green wrote:
>> I click on CD->Capture ISO, select the file, and... nothing happens. D: 
>> is
>> the RAM drive, and E: says "Invalid drive specification". I tried a few
>> other letters, without success. Online help doesn't say anything I don't
>> already know.
>>
> What environment are you running theese commands from? did you boot
> virtual PC off the windows 98 CD iso or what?

I had a "Win98 boot CD" which has basically the same files you would get 
when you create a startup floppy under Win 98.

So I created a virtual HD, formatted it, and copied the files over. So now 
it boots from C:


> Does virtual PC let you configure how the CD drive is presented to the
> guest OS and if so what do you have selected?

This is the weird part. When I used the (genuine) Windows 98 SE CD, and 
instruct the virtual PC to use the "D:" drive, it does not work. The disk 
itself is OK, because I can view the files on the "real" machine, and the 
boot menu comes up fine.

So I created an ISO from this Win 98 install CD, and tried to load it in 
VPC. I don't get any errors, and it looks like it should work, but I have no 
idea how to access this virtual CD.

Does this make sense?


> As a fallback option you could always use another OS in virtual PC to
> copy the windows 98 install files to a virtual hard drive.

Hm, I guess I could try installing Windows 2000. I don't think I have access 
to a non-OEM Win XP CD.

Vitaliy 

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