First post, by dinth
Hi. Im planning to use my new Libretto 100ct as DOS/Windows95-98 gaming laptop.
I have upgraded the harddrive with a NGFF to IDE adapter holiding a 128GB drive (119.25 GiB reported on Linux - so below the 124GB limit of Windows98).
I have partitioned it: 8gb for system partition, 1gb gap (for hibernation - following this https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.laptops/ … iFt3fhYQs?pli=1) and the remaining space for data partition.
The only boot disk i've got is a Windows ME (DOS 8.0) floppy, which i use to boot the laptop from.
After booting the computer from a floppy i immediately see both partitions at full capacity. Windows 98SE installation is successful, but unfortunately, after the installation, the computer fails to boot from the harddrive - the computer gets stuck on black screen with a blinking cursor in top left corner.
I have repeated the same with different Windows 98SE iso and a single, 4GB partition on the drive and unfortunately get the same results.
I have tried building a Win98SE boot disk from within Win98SE setup, but those floppies dont work either - the computer restarts on its own, even without the harddrive inserted.
What am i doing wrong?