NT2003 won't install in Win98 :)

I guess that it might be a good sign... It says the application needs 256 mb of free space. I have 25 Gb of free space... completly laughable. -- Philippe "Philster" Sergerie

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:00:45 -0400, "Philster" <[email hidden]> wrote something like this: >I guess that it might be a good sign... > >It says the application needs 256 mb of free space. I have 25 Gb of free >space... completly laughable. Well, that's Win9x for ya ;-) -- - Igor -

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:00:45 -0400, "Philster" Well, that's Win9x for ya ;-) -- - Igor -

"Jussi 'Igor' Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:00:45 -0400, "Philster" > <[email hidden]> wrote something like this: > > >I guess that it might be a good sign... > > > >It says the application needs 256 mb of free space. I have 25 Gb of free > >space... completly laughable. > > Well, that's Win9x for ya ;-) > -- > - Igor -

Not sure if this is your problem exactly but . . . Win 98 had a bug in the installer that reports incorrect disk mem available on partitions over 2 gig ( or something like that ) and hence gives a warning message. Ignoring the message and continuing the install usually results in a good install. Elrikk

Yeah, I was able to install it by clicking on "autorun" vs the "setup" file... Ignoring the initial did no good, I was just kicked out of the installer. By the way, the game runs a lot smoother in Win98 than in WinXP (same as all my racing games); not to mention that my TSW doesn't seem to work as well in XP. -- Philippe "Philster" Sergerie "elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0_Bt9.10480$[email hidden]... > > "Jussi 'Igor' Koukku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:00:45 -0400, "Philster" > > <[email hidden]> wrote something like this: > > > > >I guess that it might be a good sign... > > > > > >It says the application needs 256 mb of free space. I have 25 Gb of free > > >space... completly laughable. > > > > Well, that's Win9x for ya ;-) > > -- > > - Igor - > > Not sure if this is your problem exactly but . . . > > Win 98 had a bug in the installer that reports incorrect disk mem available > on partitions over 2 gig ( or something like that ) and hence gives a > warning message. > > Ignoring the message and continuing the install usually results in a good > install. > > Elrikk > >

"Philster" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:B5Ft9.24882$[email hidden]... <snip> > > By the way, the game runs a lot smoother in Win98 than in WinXP (same asall > my racing games); not to mention that my TSW doesn't seem to work as wellin > XP. > > -- > Philippe "Philster" Sergerie > It's funny but I get just the opposite results. I have a dual boot XP/98 system only because I heard all the horror stories about games being troublesome under XP. It's been about a year now and I still have nothing on the W98 partition. Elrikk

In article <0_Bt9.10480$[email hidden]>, "elrikk" <[email hidden]> writes: >Not sure if this is your problem exactly but . . . > >Win 98 had a bug in the installer that reports incorrect disk mem available >on partitions over 2 gig ( or something like that ) and hence gives a >warning message. I don't remember ever having that error message(win98SE), and I have a 120GB drive... Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+6.21 N2002 Rank:+18.91 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <0_Bt9.10480$[email hidden]>, "elrikk" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Not sure if this is your problem exactly but . . . > > > >Win 98 had a bug in the installer that reports incorrect disk memavailable > >on partitions over 2 gig ( or something like that ) and hence gives a > >warning message. > > I don't remember ever having that error message(win98SE), and I have a120GB > drive... > > Eldred > Sorry, but my explanation was not quite accurate. (old age related brain fade) ;o) I think that the bug appears when you are using fat 32 and are trying to install something that requires more then 2 gig of disk space. This from the Baldur's Gate FAQ at Intreplay; Q: Doing a custom install the game is only seeing 2047MB. How am I supposed to install everything? A: With FAT32 came the ability to format a hard drive larger than 2048MB. If you have a partition that is formatted larger than 2048MB the game will still unfortunately only think you have 2047MB free. You should still be able to install everything (as long as you are sure you have enough hard disk space). When the warning appears about insufficient space it will ask you if you want to continue. Simply select "YES" and the installer should continue. Elrikk

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>Sorry, but my explanation was not quite accurate. (old age related brain >fade) ;o) > >I think that the bug appears when you are using fat 32 and are trying to >install something that requires more then 2 gig of disk space. > >This from the Baldur's Gate FAQ at Intreplay; > >Q: Doing a custom install the game is only seeing 2047MB. How am I supposed >to install everything? > >A: With FAT32 came the ability to format a hard drive larger than 2048MB. If >you have a partition that is formatted larger than 2048MB the game will >still unfortunately only think you have 2047MB free. You should still be >able to install everything (as long as you are sure you have enough hard >disk space). When the warning appears about insufficient space it will ask >you if you want to continue. Simply select "YES" and the installer should >continue. > >Elrikk

Wait - Baldur's Gate needs more than 2 *gig* to install?!? WTF??? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:+6.21 N2002 Rank:+18.91 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On 25 Oct 2002 17:42:52 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: >Wait - Baldur's Gate needs more than 2 *gig* to install?!? WTF??? I believe a full install is 6 GB? Been a long time since I played it, got tired of running fucking errands for people. Jason

> > >Q: Doing a custom install the game is only seeing 2047MB. How am Isupposed > >to install everything? > > > >A: With FAT32 came the ability to format a hard drive larger than 2048MB.If > >you have a partition that is formatted larger than 2048MB the game will > >still unfortunately only think you have 2047MB free. You should still be > >able to install everything (as long as you are sure you have enough hard > >disk space). When the warning appears about insufficient space it willask

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> >you if you want to continue. Simply select "YES" and the installer should > >continue. > > > >Elrikk > > Wait - Baldur's Gate needs more than 2 *gig* to install?!? WTF??? > > Eldred >

This was available as an option if you wanted to install all 4 cd's to avoid swapping. Also you could get it down to about 1.8G by tinkering with the config file and getting rid of some redundant files that are on all disks. Elrikk PS With all the mods and tracks available ( and courses for golf sims ) I have 3 different installs that are just crossing 3G each. (PGA 2000, Tiger Woods 2002, Links 2003) And to think I can remember when my first hard drive ( for the original IBM PC) had a whopping total of 5 whole megabytes. It was so big it had to be an external drive. ;o)