Re: XP/98SE dual boot - hardware dilemma
From: DL (dl_at_spoofmail.com)
Date: 02/19/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:30:53 -0000
The 'problem' with major sys makers eg Dell, HP etc is that they very often
tweak hardware / drivers specifically for their sys. - this is particularly
relevent with a laptop. Whilst it is easy to obtain / build a clone desktop,
rather than mainstream brand, this is much more difficult with a laptop. You
might want to check the manu.sites for their support on particular models
for 98. MS recently announced that they were discontinueing support for 98,
allthough I believe they might have stepped back, partially?
Its also probable that any new hardware will more likely be designed with
the later o/s in mind.
I'm surprised the software wont run in a Virtual environment, but this may
be due to yr sys hardware, rather than Vpc, which is basically designed to
isolate software, not hardware.
Just my 2 cents
David
"contrazz" <foolong.snip_this@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:C86AC3F3-0422-45B6-A46A-82F2CF2DFA88@microsoft.com...
> Hello, techies...
> I've just given up trying to set up a dual-boot system - XP-Pro / 98SE -
on a new Compaq nx9010. The 98 installer insistantly crashes with a blue
screen before completing the installation. HP/Compaq tech support just
shrugs... "Not designed for 98... Drivers not available..." The question
here is *not* really how to get 98 to install - I'm now about convinced it
can't. (The last paragraph has details, if anyone wants to quibble about
it.) And, unfortunately, I *MUST* be able to run 98 to support some legacy
software. And, no, the software will not run in XP's compatibility mode,
nor in a Virtual PC type environment.
>
> The real question is this:
> Can anyone pinpoint a year, a processor type and/or speed, or some
milepost beyond which 98 is no longer well-supported?
>
> I want to use the latest machine I can, but also want to be able to be
sure I can get 98 drivers for peripherals and so forth. I assume that any
Pentium III machine will work, but I'm not hardware-savvy enough to know
that even *that's* a safe assumption. Are manufacturers abandoning 98
support by the time the P-IV is on the scene, or will earlier P-IV machines
be *highly* likely to work? I'm trying to figure out: Where lies the near
boundary of my universe for choosing a laptop with good 98 support? What do
the markers of that boundary look like? (I'd also like to know what laptops
tend to be the most physically durable in rugged work environments, if
anyone cares to comment.)
>
> The promised "Last Paragraph" :
> The substrate is a freshly partitioned and formatted disk, partition size
about 4.8 Gig, FAT32. The 98 installer crashes at the point where
Plug-n-Pray is looking over the neighborhood and figuring out how to deal
with it. I can install XP-Pro just fine on the same partition, and it runs
nicely enough. I tried using the 98 installer to redo the format. I tried
a 1.9 Gig FAT partition installation. I ran the HP diagnostic suite on the
laptop and it finds no problems. Eight 98-installer-crashes later, I give
up.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide...
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