Install Win 98 on TP 760CD Type 9546

[Achieve]

I have an old ThinkPad that I would like to install Win 98SE on.
But the BIOS only allows me to boot from Floppy or HD.
I can only have one device connected or installed at a time Floppy or CD ROM
both are external. No other ports exits where I can install one of the other devices while the other is connected (no USB port). How can I install Win 98SE?
I do have a start-up disk for Win 98.

[GretaP]

I have an old ThinkPad that I would like to install Win 98SE on.
But the BIOS only allows me to boot from Floppy or HD.
I can only have one device connected or installed at a time Floppy or CD ROM
both are external. No other ports exits where I can install one of the other devices while the other is connected (no USB port). How can I install Win 98SE?
I do have a start-up disk for Win 98.
Hi Achieve,
First you'll need to d/load the DOS drivers for the CDROM. Go here (http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=RMIE-38CEKN) and click on the link for cdtpgdos.exe and d/load it to Desktop (or other folder of your choosing). Now, put a fresh, formatted floppy disk in the drive (don't format the WIN98SE startup disk, as you're gonna need it!) and double-click on the d/loaded file.......follow the onscreen prompts, and it will soon extract the files onto the floppy disk.

Now, you'll need to have transferred the system files onto the laptop's hard drive. If you formatted using the /s switch, then you've already transferred the system files. If not, then boot from the WIN98SE startup disk and at the A: prompt, key in:
sys C:
<ENTER>
If you did format using the /s switch, just boot from the WIN98SE startup disk.

Now, while still booted to the A: prompt, replace the WIN98SE startup floppy disk with the one that you made from the cdtpgdos.exe file, and key in:
UINSTALL.EXE
<ENTER>
This will (hopefully) load the DOS drivers and make the appropriate changes to the autoexec.bat and config.sys files.
Once it has finished installing and configuring, take the floppy drive out and insert the CDROM drive. Boot "normally". It should boot to a C: prompt and have CDROM support. Look a little above the C: prompt for a line that says something similar to this:
Drive X: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0
(where the X will be replaced by the actual drive letter designation)
if you see that line, then you know that CDROM support has been enabled.

Now, I'd advise you to copy the setup files to hard drive and run setup from there. To do this, first make the directory in which to copy these files:
At the C: prompt, key in:
md WINDOWS
<ENTER>
press the F3 key and key in:
\OPTIONS
<ENTER>
now key in:
cd WINDOWS\OPTIONS
<ENTER>
key in:
copy X:\Win98
<ENTER>
(don't forget to replace the X with the actual drive letter for the CDROM drive)
Once the setup files have copied to hard drive, key in:
del C:\autoexec.bat
<ENTER>
then:
del C:\config.sys
<ENTER>
now key in:
setup
<ENTER>