First post, by GN323
Hi All,
I've been trying to install Windows 98SE onto a recently acquired machine (specs below), and have been experiencing a key issue related to CDROM support in Windows 98, in that it won't load the drivers.
I can boot the machine from both the Windows 98 floppy bootdisk and the OEM install CD itself, but neither will boot with CDROM support, only in DOS mode without CDROM drivers. If I try to boot it with CDROM support, it hangs indefinitely while trying to load OEMCD001.
I've tried three separate drives, two being CD-RW/DVD combos, so I assumed the generic Win98 drivers wouldn't support them. The currently installed drive is a Samsung SC-140E CDROM. I've tried editing to the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files along with another driver (SSCDROM.sys), but still no luck.
Does anyone know where to find the specific driver, or have any other potential solutions? I've managed to install Debian 3 and run some live CDs on this machine, so I'm fairly certain it isn't a hardware issue.
System Specs:
Intel Coppermine 128 Celeron (996MHz)
Samsung SC-140E 40X CDROM
384mb RAM
No GPU
Samsung 40gb HDD
Gigabyte GA-60MM7E 1.1 Mobo
Thanks!