-> -=> on 02-26-05 18:19, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to TOM WALKER <=-

->  -> -> Hewlett Packard OEM CD.
->  ->
->  -> That could make things more understandable.   -> tweek their "OEM" CD's to be very fully automated.
THey just march off
->  -> and leave you behind and you cannot stop it from Fdisking and Formatting
->  -> until lit is too late

->  WC> You've got it.
->  WC> That's EXACTLY what happened.
->  WC> Toast in the blink of an eye.
->  WC> Now Linux doesn't even recognize the drive :-(

-> Since you seem to think the HP OEM CD is one of the culprits, I may be
-> able to help.   Have you compared the contents of the WIN98 directory on
-> your HP OEM CD with the directory I posted here some days back?  
   
Please explain how I am supposed to do that?
The Linux CD is mounted and thus locked into the hard drive
so I CAN'T remove that CD to replace it without unless 
I logoff the OS at which point I've no means to
to examine the Windows CD.

-> If they
-> differ a lot, I _may_ just swap with you - - I have here a Win98FE
-> Upgrade version - with COA and product key, which is surplus to my
-> needs.

I've my own solution, no more Windows EVER.
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