re: How to boot up Win98 Second Edition without a keyboard, and a few network questions.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 2:31 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Antheus051
(1 messages posted)
Get your hands on a network hub with at least 5 ports and plug it in, then plug the
hub into your router. This is a seamless install, even with the two operating systems
in question...and...get a keyboard! You can pick up a used keyboard almost anywhere
for free. A network hub, well if a condition is no money, maybe you can trade something,
but you need this stuff to get the job done.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 7:47 pm, TurtleShroom wrote:
>It's a long story.
>
>I recently installed a Linksys CAT5 Network port into a Compaq Windows 98. It works
>perfectly. However, there are only 4 ports in the Network Router. This means that
>I am unable to hook up the old 98 into the router. I want to share files with said
>computer and my Windows XP Proffesional, but my network has been previously set
up
>to go through the Router and back to share files. I already enabled it to share
files
>with a Windows ME in my house. Thus, my father told me to take the CAT5 router and
>hook one end in the 98 and the other in the XP. This is the only way that can work,
>I have tried every other way. Spending money is NOT an option.
>
>So, my first question is:
>
>"How do you set up a network literally between to Windows computers with nothing
>in the way between them (i.e. just a blue CAT5 wire hooking them directly together)?"
>
>In addition, I can't boot the Windows 98 at all. It seems the only way to do it
is
>to press F1 to boot. Unfortunately, the only compatible keyboard (a 1984 IBM) in
>the house died today, and is unable to function. In order to install a new keyboard,
>I would need a new driver. The only way to install a driver is when the computer
>is turned on. This means that I am stuck on the Compaq screen. With no keyboard,
>how would I boot the thing up?
>
>My second question is:
>
>"How do you boot Windows 98 Second Edition WITHOUT a keyboard?"
>
>Please answer this question quickly!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>TurtleShroom
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