From haleysj@HIRAMF.hiram.edu Wed Sep 27 16:07:54 1995 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 13:04:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve To: Cal Pierce Cc: Kenny Heng , AERO@CS.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: Windows 95 Upgrade On Tue, 26 Sep 1995, Cal Pierce wrote: > At 12:28 am 9/27/95 +0800, Kenny Heng wrote: > >I have just tried to install the Windows 95 Upgrade using 3.5" disks but am > >encountering problems; > > ...which brings me to my question: My Aero arrived with a certificate for a > free upgrade to Win95. I have the choice of getting it on CD-ROM or 3.5" > disks. Any advice on which to chose? > > My desktop machine has a 2xCD-ROM drive. Will that allow me to install Win95 > from CD to my Aero using WinLink + cable (both of which are new to me)? Or > would the floppy route be simpler or more reliable? > Yes! You can install Win95 from CD through Winlink. I succeeded in doing so. Here's a rough idea of how: First, get a parallel laplink cable if you do not have one. On desktop computer, in a DOS prompt (anywhere) type: C:\WINLINK\L2D /LPT1 On your laptop add these lines to the Autoexec.bat: C:\WINLINK\L2D /LPT1 C:\WINLINK\L2D /LPT1 e=e (supposing that e is your cd rom drive) Strip out anything that might interfere with Win95 install. (i.e. I got rid of 386max, and multiconfigs, just to be safe) Reboot your laptop. You now can run the setup from the Cd on your desktop. After the install completes, remove the L2D lines from the autoexec.bat. All done. =) Kind of surprised me that it worked, but I'm not complaining. Steve ) \ / ( /|\ )\_/( /|\ * / | \ (/\|/\) / | \ * |`.____________________/__|__o____\`|'/___o__|__\___________________.'| | '^` \|/ '^` | | Steve Haley V | | Email: haleysj@hiramf.hiram.edu | | haleysj@hirame.hiram.edu | | haleysj@hiram.edu | | bm711@cleveland.freenet.edu | | ._________________________________________________________________. | |' l /\ / \\ \ /\ l `| * l / V )) V \ l * l/ // \I V