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[courtesy copy forwarded by email to cited author] If you have that much space on the HD copy the files from the cd to the HD and install from there. On Sat, 15 Feb 1997 13:17:43 -0500, Robert Munzenrider <rfm@psu.edu> wrote about "Installing Win95 on a TP701": >My thanks to all who responded to my previous query about how to juggle a >parallel-port cd drive & a floppy on the single special port on the left >side of the 701. Several kind folks suggested that I connect the cd thru >the parallel port on the Port Replicator gizmo.... And HEY! It works!! I've >learned TWO big lessons: > (1) The port replicator has a parallel port > (2) I should read my manuals...... (- Like I said in original > post, I recently inherited this machine) > >But for all that, I again attempted to load the Win95 Upgrade on the 701 >last night, via the cd drive connected thru the parallel port on the Port >Replicator.... >2 problems occurred: > (1) the 95 existing hardware scan wouldn't complete (But everything >runs fine under 3.11 - even the Sound Drivers, and the external port cd >works fine under Win311), so I re-started the upgrade process with the /IS >on the Setup command to skip the scan process; > (2) At the final step of the upgrade process the the little machine >froze up - Zip, Nada. After half an hour I re-booted, which took me into >that crippled Win95 mode - "Safe" - ?? somesuch. > >I never could comlpete the Win95 upgrade cycle. Best I ever could do was the >Safe mode. > >I'm wondering now if anyone out there has words of advice???? >One possible shortcoming in present system: It only has 8 megs of memory; >But there are 400 megs of free space on the hard drive so it should have >plenty of space to swap & thrash, etc. And Like I said, everything works >fine under Win311. > >HELP! BobM, Penn State Harrisburg >about doing a ScanDrive. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <christij@unix.asb.com> 423B78C80FEA5495 CF64AD5F214797DE http://www.asb.com/usr/christij 95E3789C5679C4D7 03210B57E76FE66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. - Malcolm X