I remember I used a Windows 98 laptop for that purpose.
I used FDISK and FORMAT X: /S on the USB Drive, then copyied WIN98 and DRIVERS from the CD-ROM to it.
(I also remember to have used that HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool on a pen drive at some point.
I inserted the original Win 98SE Start-Up floppy when it asked me for a bootable diskette.
After the drive was bootable, I copied the folders WIN98 and DRIVERS to it (no ISO image).
Once booted, I believe it was possible to access the folders either directly or by switching to another
drive letter first, C: or D:. Installation was started by running WIN98\Setup.exe.)
"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
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