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Help on installing Windows '95 within Bochs
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(1/18/98 KPL)
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<B>NOTE: Please read message regarding licensing of software packages
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which you run within Bochs, and use of temporary files created to
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facilitate installation. <A HREF="3rdparty.license.html">3rd Party Software Licensing and Temp orary Files</A></B>
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(Using Windows95 for PCs without Windows, 1.44M floppy distribution)
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Additional info may be gleaned from the previous documentation
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on installing Windows '95, which had some info on installing
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from a CD distribution, or update distribution. I haven't had
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a chance to update that info yet, and will soon. If you want
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to have a look, check out <A HREF="OldWindows95.html">Windows '95</A>. Though, please
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read through this page for any changes.
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Preparing for the install
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Copy the floppies to files on your workstation. Keep in mind,
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they are of 2 formats - 1.44M & 1.680M. The boot disk and
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disk#1 are 1.44M. The rest of them (disk#2..disk#13) are
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1.680M format. You may need a Linux workstation to do this
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part, though it should be possible on others if the OS provides
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a way to specify alternate floppy media geometries.
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format tracks heads sectors/track
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1.44M: 80 2 18
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1.680M: 80 2 21
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+- On linux, you achieve this, via the 'setfdprm' command, and
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| associated parameters in the '/etc/fdprm' file. Here's an
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| excerpt from that file:
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| # /etc/fdprm - floppy disk parameter table
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| 1440/1440 2880 18 2 80 0 0x1B 0x00 0xCF 0x6C
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| 1680/1440 3360 21 2 80 0 0x0C 0x00 0xCF 0x6C # ?????
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| To copy the floppies, you would do something like:
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| linux-> cp /dev/fd0 win95_boot (after inserting the boot diskette)
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| linux-> cp /dev/fd0 win95_d1 (after inserting disk #1)
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| Then switch to the alternate 1.680M geometry:
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| linux-> setfdprm -p /dev/fd0 1680/1440
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| linux-> cp /dev/fd0 win95_d2 (after inserting disk #2)
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| linux-> cp /dev/fd0 win95_d3 (after inserting disk #3)
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| ...
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| linux-> cp /dev/fd0 win95_d13 (after inserting disk #13)
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| And revert back to the default 1.44M geometry if desired
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+- linux-> setfdprm -p /dev/fd0 1440/1440
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If you have instructions for doing the same on other platforms,
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please email them to me (kevin@bochs.com), and I'll include
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them here.
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You should end up with something similar to the following listing:
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1474560 Oct 31 12:04 win95_boot
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1474560 Jul 15 1997 win95_d1
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d2
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d3
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d4
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d5
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d6
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d7
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d8
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d9
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d10
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d11
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d12
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-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 1720320 Jul 15 1997 win95_d13
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Create a hard disk image file. For example, for a 62M disk with
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the following settings in '.bochsrc':
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diskc: file=62M, cyl=940, heads=8, spt=17
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use (940 * 8 * 17 * 512bytes-per-sector = 127840):
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unix-> dd if=/dev/zero of=62M bs=512 count=127840
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Setup your '.bochsrc' file. For example:
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megs: 16
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boot: c
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diskc: file=62M, cyl=940, heads=8, spt=17
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floppya: 1_44=1.44, status=inserted
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vgaromimage: bios/VGABIOS-elpin-2.00A
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romimage: bios/BIOS-bochs-980118a (use newest one)
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log: ./bochs.out
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hga_update_interval: 300000
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keyboard_serial_delay: 200
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floppy_command_delay: 500
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You'll also need a floppy image file, sort of a working file,
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which you copy the distribution files into, one by one, as
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they are needed. This is the file you point the 'floppya:'
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directive in the '.bochsrc' file to. Copy the Win'95 boot disk
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to your floppy working file ('1.44' in the '.bochsrc' example):
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unix-> /bin/cp -f win95_boot 1.44
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Beginning the install
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Fire up bochs and boot the Win'95 boot diskette:
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unix-> bochs boot:a
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Microsoft Windows 95 Setup
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Quit Setup to DOS to use FDISK.
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'[F3]', '[F3]'
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FDISK C: to use the whole disk for the primary partition.
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A:\> fdisk
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'[Return]'
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'[Return]'
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'[Return]'
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Power down Bochs - click the mouse on the 'Power' button
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in the GUI toolbar. Fire up bochs again.
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unix-> bochs boot:a
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Microsoft Windows 95 Setup
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Quit Setup to DOS to use FORMAT.
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'[F3]', '[F3]'
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A:\> format /u c:
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(answer 'Y' and enter a volume label as desired)
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Click on the floppy A icon in the GUItoolbar. You should
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see an 'X' through it signifying it's logically ejected.
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Now we're ready for Disk1:
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unix-> /bin/cp -f win95_d1 1.44
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Click on the floppy A icon again to logically insert
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disk1. The 'X' should go away. Now run SETUP.EXE which is
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on disk1.
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A:\> setup /C
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To continue ...
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'[Return]'
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Welcome to Windows 95 Setup!...
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'[Return]' (to select Continue button)
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Please insert "Disk2"...
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From now on, keep in mind that you must click the floppy A
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icon to tell bochs you're ejecting the floppy (in theory)
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BEFORE you copy over your floppy working file on your
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workstation, and click on it again AFTERWARDS, to insert it.
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This is most critical, if you transition from images of
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floppies with different format. (disk1=1.44M, disk2=1.680M)
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You're giving bochs a chance to look at the size of the
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image file, and switch to a different sectors-per-track.
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Also, in the future, you'll be activating the floppy
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hardware media changed line which I haven't implemented yet.
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(Click the floppyA icon to eject)
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unix-> /bin/cp -f win95_d2 1.44
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(Click the floppyA icon to insert)
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'[Return]' (select OK button)
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Software License Agreement
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'[Tab]'
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'[Return]' (select Yes button)
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Windows 95 Setup Wizard
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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Choose Directory
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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Setup Options
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'[Down-Arrow]', '[Down-Arrow]', '[Down-Arrow]' (selects custom)
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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User Information
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Name:
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"Your name here"
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'[Tab]'
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Company:
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"Your company here"
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'[Return]'
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Key Identification
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Key:
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"123-4567890" (from your Certificate of Authenticity)
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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Product Identification
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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Analyzing Your Computer
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'[Down-Arrow]' (No, I want to modify the hardware list)
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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Analyzing Your Computer
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Let me just note that you can get around in this screen,
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by the Down-Arrow key, Tab to move to a different area,
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and space to toggle selection. For some options, it's
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much easier to first unselect every device of that
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type, than select the one you want.
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The ultimate selection you're trying to achieve is:
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CD-ROM Drive (none)
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Display Default Standard VGA Display Adapter
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Floppy Disk Controllers Standard Floppy Controller
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Hard Disk Controllers Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller
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Keyboard Keyboard
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Mouse (none)
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Network Adpater (none)
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PCMCIA Socket (none)
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Ports (none)
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SCSI Controllers (none)
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Sound, MIDI, or Video... (none)
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The exact sequence I used was:
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[Space] (unselect all CD-ROMs)
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[Down-Arrow]
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[Space] (unselect all Displays)
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[Tab] (move to Manufacturer and model section)
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13 [Down-Arrows] (Default Standard VGA Display Adapter)
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[Space] (to select this adapter)
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4 [Tabs] (get back to Hardware types section)
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2 [Down-Arrows] (get to Hard Disk Controllers)
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[Space] (to unselect all Hard Disk Controllers)
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[Tab] (to get to Manufacturer and model section)
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3 [Down-Arrows] (get to Standard IDE/...)
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[Space] (to select this device)
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4 [Tabs] (get back to Hardware types section)
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2 [Down-Arrows] (get to Mouse)
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[Space] (to unselect all Mouse types)
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[Down-Arrow] (get to Network Adapter)
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[Space] (to unselect all Network Adapters)
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[Down-Arrow] (get to PCMCIA Socket)
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[Space] (to unselect all PCMCIA Socket types)
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[Down-Arrow] (get to Ports)
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[Space] (to unselect all Ports)
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[Down-Arrow] (get to SCSI Controllers)
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[Space] (to unselect all SCSI Controllers)
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[Down-Arrow] (get to Sound, MIDI...)
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[Space] (to unselect all Sound, MIDI...)
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3 [Tabs] (get to Next button)
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[Return] (select Next button)
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Analyzing Your Computer
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[Return] (select Next button)
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Get Connected
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[Return] (select Next button)
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Select Components
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Well, you have to decide this one. Remember, use [Down-Arrow],
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[Tab], and [Space]. [Tab] to the Next button when you're done
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and type [Return].
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Network Configuration
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'[Return]' (to take default config, or change it as you want)
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Computer Settings
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'[Return]' (to take current settings)
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Startup Disk
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If you do NOT want to create a Startup Disk, you could type
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'[Down-Arrow]' (select No, I do not want a startup disk)
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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If you DO want to create a Startup disk.
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'[Return]' (select Next button)
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Either way, the following appears,
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Start Copying Files
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'[Return]'
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+- If you optioned to create a Startup Disk, the following appears:
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| Label a disk "Windows 95 Startup Disk"...
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| Click the floppyA icon to eject. Now copy any floppy image file
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| which has a 1.44M format on it, onto your floppy working file.
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| Win '95 will erase any files on it. Use the 'win95_boot' file,
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| since it's a 1.44M format.
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| unix-> /bin/cp -f win95_boot 1.44
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| Click on floppyA to insert.
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| '[Return]'
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| Setup has finished creating your startup disk...
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| '[Return]' (select OK button)
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| Please insert the disk labeled 'Windows 95 Disk 2'...
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| Click the floppyA icon to eject.
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| Copy the working floppy disk image file to something signifying
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| it's the startup disk. Then copy the disk#2 image file onto the
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| working file.
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| unix-> cp 1.44 win95_startup
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| unix-> /bin/cp -f win95_d2 1.44
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| Click on floppyA to insert.
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+- '[Return]' (select OK button)
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In any case (startup disk or not), the rest is very methodical.
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+-> Please insert the disk labeled 'Windows 95 Disk 3'...
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| (Click the floppyA icon to eject.)
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| unix-> /bin/cp -f win95_d3 1.44
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| (Click the floppyA icon to insert.)
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| '[Return]' (select OK button)
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| Just repeat this process, until SETUP has asked for all
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+- 13 floppies in the distribution. Of course, change
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'win95_d3' to each number in the succession; win95_d4,
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win95_d4, ... , win95_d13.
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After asking for all the floppy disks in the distribution,
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Windows '95 will let you know it's going to restart your
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computer. Acknowledge this, and then bochs will bomb upon
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attempt to reboot.
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Fire up bochs again. The 'boot:c' is not necessary if
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you have the 'boot: c' directive in your '.bochsrc' file.
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unix-> bochs boot:c
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You'll get a screen full of garbage text for a while Win '95
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updates your configuration files. I'm not handling that
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text screen mode correctly. Then the window switches to
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a blank graphics screen (say 2 to 5 minutes).
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Windows 95 is now setting up your hardware and any Plug
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and Play devices you may have.
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You'll see the magnifying glass circulating about the
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picture (icon) representing your computer for quite
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awhile.
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Windows is now setting up the following items...
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Setting up Control Panel
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Programs on the Start menu
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Windows Help
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MS-DOS program settings
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Time zone
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You can play with the Time Zone if you want. I just
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accept the one that comes up. I like being on Tijuana
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time anyhow!
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'[Return]'
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Set up printer
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Bochs doesn't support printers yet, so Cancel this
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'[Tab]'
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'[Return]' (select Cancel button)
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Windows 95 is now finalizing settings for your computer
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Windows '95 should now display the 'Welcome to Windows 95'
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screen, and give you one of it's helpful 'Did you know' tips.
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My suggestion, is for you to shutdown Win '95 at this point,
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and make a backup copy of your hard drive image file.
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Otherwise, you are done, though you may want to check
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out the section on getting rid of the 'splash' screen upon
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boot. In that case, shutdown is necessary also.
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'[Return]' (selects Close button)
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'[Ctrl]', '[Esc]', '[^Esc]', '[^Ctrl]'
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It's helpful to give slight intentional delays when typing
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multi-key sequences like the one above. The '^' means a
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release of that key.
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'u' (shortcut for Shut Down)
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Shut down Windows...
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'[Return]' (select Yes button)
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Your window changes to a different size graphics mode. The
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message 'It is now safe to shutdown your computer' will be
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displayed briefly, but then the screen goes blank due to
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bochs not handling something in that graphics mode correctly.
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Power down by clicking on the 'Power' button in the bochs
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GUI toolbar. The bochs window disappears as bochs stops
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execution. Make a backup copy.
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unix-> cp 62M 62M.win95.installedOK
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Getting rid of Win '95 'splash' screen upon bootup.
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When Win '95 boots up, it typically displays the intro
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screen while it boots (splash screen). It uses a graphics
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mode I don't handle well, mostly because it's not important
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enough to spend the time on it. You can tell Win '95
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not to display this screen anyways, which I prefer.
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Using the MTOOLS package, if you have a drive letter
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associated with your hard disk image file, for example:
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~/.mtoolsrc: drive c: file="/path/62M" partition=1
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You can look at and modify the contents of your drive
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image file, using commands on your workstation.
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WARNING: You MUST power down bochs if you are running
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WARNING: any software that does any kind of disk caching!!!
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WARNING: Yes, Windows '95 does disk caching.
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Look at the attributes associated with c:/MSDOS.SYS.
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unix-> mattrib c:/MSDOS.SYS
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Copy it to your workstation, with the text mode translation
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flag.
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unix-> mcopy -t c:/MSDOS.SYS .
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Edit the file, adding "Logo=0" under the Options section.
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Save the file.
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[Options]
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BootMulti=1
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BootGUI=1
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Network=0
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Logo=0 <------- add this line
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Copy it back to your disk image. Restore proper
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attributes to what they were before. For example.
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unix-> mcopy -t MSDOS.SYS c:/
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unix-> mattrib -a +s +h +r c:/MSDOS.SYS
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Finishing up after the install
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You should now delete any temporary copies of the floppy disk
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image files, used to facilitate installation.
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unix-> /bin/rm -i win95_boot win95_d*
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OK, you're done!!! Make sure you tell bochs to boot the
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hard drive either in '.bochsrc' or by the 'boot:c' option,
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and fire it up.
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unix-> bochs
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Enjoy!
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-Kevin Lawton
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