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re: How to avoid installing drivers on bootup? Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 1:33 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1655 messages posted) maybeway36 wrote: |Is there some way so that when you put Windows 98 into another computer with a different |motherboard, you can make it not ask the user for drivers to the sound card, video |card, etc. and just boot unattended? Do you mean swap the hard drives? No if it finds different hardware to original computer on startup then its going to ask for the drivers for this hardware. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to avoid installing drivers on bootup? Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 8:13 pm Posted by Jacob6601 (2174 messages posted) From a CD, it can be a rather involved process: Search the ms kb (and elsewhere, of course) using "push install" if interested. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to avoid installing drivers on bootup? Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 11:40 pm Posted by bob wells (1636 messages posted) What would you gain by doing this? Not a working OS. Sooner or lster you have to install the drivers, better sooner. __________________________________________________________ There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you. On Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 12:19 pm, maybeway36 wrote: >Is there some way so that when you put Windows 98 into another computer with a different >motherboard, you can make it not ask the user for drivers to the sound card, video >card, etc. and just boot unattended? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to avoid installing drivers on bootup? Friday, August 1, 2008 at 9:10 am Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) |Is there some way so that |when you put Windows 98 into another computer with a different motherboard, |you can make it not ask the user for drivers to the sound card, video card, etc. |and just boot unattended? | maybeway36 If you don't want to PURCHASE a (Micro$oft) OS for that 2nd box and you don't want to jump thru the hoops of INSTALLING a M$ OS, an obvious solution is a FREE[1] bootable Linux CD: cache of http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php ++Knoppix++Ubuntu+Damn.Small.Linux... Linux is legendary for its willingness to work with more hardware devices than any other OS (*especially* OLD hardware). http://www.kroah.com/log/images/ols_2006_keynote_24.jpg http://www.kroah.com/log/images/ols_2006_keynote_04.jpg http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html ...and since those are "Live" CDs, there's NO NEED TO INSTALL that OS on the HDD --though you can go ahead and install Linux (from the same CD). [1] Linux is completely gratis if you download the ISO image and burn your own CD; if you order a pre-burned CD from a vendor, it's less that the price of a burger AND, because it's also libre, you can put that copy on 100,000 computers if you want--no additional cost. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How to avoid installing drivers on bootup? Friday, August 1, 2008 at 4:03 pm Posted by maybeway36 (3 messages posted) I love Linux so much; it's actually my primary OS. I was just using Windows 98 out of curiosity. It's a hassle :P Thanks for your replies, everyone. Nice to know there are so many helpful people here, in case I ever have more 98 questions. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum