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- From: strobl@gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl)
- Subject: Re: Release of NT?
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:15:37 GMT
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- In <92317.114306DWK110@psuvm.psu.edu> darren karns <DWK110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
-
- >Just curious,
- > if you don't have a CDRom could you some how copy the files onto
- >floppies an use NT or does it have to be run from the CDRom?
-
- There are two installation methods:
- - boot from a NT floppy and run the setup from the CDROM,
- this requires a CDROM drive supported by NT, and
-
- - use a CDROM drive supported by MSDOS (i.e. MSCDEX) and
- run the DOS2NT.BAT batch procedure. That procedure does
- a few XCOPYs from the DOS2NT directory on the CD to two
- subdirectory on your harddisk, and installs a modified
- boot sector using the MSDOS debug utility.
-
- It shouldn't be difficult to perform the second installation method
- using another media type, including floppy disks - if you have
- enough floppies and enough time :-).
-
- Wolfgang Strobl
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