Jim
April 16th 03, 08:17 AM
> "S.L.NARASIMHAM" > wrote in message
> ...
> > i was trying install xp for a friend.(me-- i'm happy with my win98fe with
> sp
> > and don't hold with all these new fangled things.-:))
> > clean install on new hard disk samsung 40gb partitioned with fdisk on a
> > bootable winME cd with cdrom support.
> > first step--
> > a:\>k::(cd drive)
> > K:\.cd i386
> > k:\i386\>winnt.
> > after finishing the dos part of the setup it went into install routine.
> > while copying the files in the first (dos)part the xp cd gave the message
> > "cannot copy cyclad-z.inf
I get the same kind of problem. If I look in my CDs i386 directory from windows
I see cyclad-z.in_. The same directory from a dos boot shows cyclad_z.inf.
I get similar problems with files like utopia*.wa_. My guess is that the XP
install CD uses its own version of long file names. Unless you use the XP
booter the file names wont show correctly.
> ...
> > i was trying install xp for a friend.(me-- i'm happy with my win98fe with
> sp
> > and don't hold with all these new fangled things.-:))
> > clean install on new hard disk samsung 40gb partitioned with fdisk on a
> > bootable winME cd with cdrom support.
> > first step--
> > a:\>k::(cd drive)
> > K:\.cd i386
> > k:\i386\>winnt.
> > after finishing the dos part of the setup it went into install routine.
> > while copying the files in the first (dos)part the xp cd gave the message
> > "cannot copy cyclad-z.inf
I get the same kind of problem. If I look in my CDs i386 directory from windows
I see cyclad-z.in_. The same directory from a dos boot shows cyclad_z.inf.
I get similar problems with files like utopia*.wa_. My guess is that the XP
install CD uses its own version of long file names. Unless you use the XP
booter the file names wont show correctly.