ok, it never asked for the drivers. . . . it gave me enter to continue, and F3 to exit, but not F6. here is wht i did:
98 boot disk in floppy, win xp pro cd in primary master (D
i have a win xp boot disk as well
first boot device set as floppy, second as cd rom, and third as C:
boot to dos using 98 boot disk
put in the xp boot disk
run smartdrv
changed to my cdrom directory (primary master, D
typed in 'cd \i386' enter and then typed in 'winnt' >>>>> got this error 'bad command or file name'
again: typed in 'cd \i386' enter and then typed in 'winnt' >>>>> WORKS
THESE ARE THE XP PRO SETUP WINDOWS
first window:
Windows XP Setup
setup needs to know where the windows xp files are located. enter the path where hte windows xp files are to be found.
D:
ENTER=Continue F3=Exit
'ENTER'
second window:
windows xp setup
reading INf file Dosnet.inf
third window:
Windows XP professional Setup
windows xp requires a hard drive volume with at least 369 migabytes of free disk space. . . . . .
setup was unable to locate such a drive with teh required amount of free space.
setup cannot continue. press enter to ext
ENTER=Exit
'Enter'
it never mentioned the F6 option at the bottom of the screen. . . wht do i do?