Re: Installing an Operating system

Steve Wilson wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Can anyone help please??
>
> I have recently purchased a second hand IBM 600E without an operating
> system. When I tried to install Windows 98 the following message came
> up.
>
> LOW DISK SPACE
>
> Setup cannot find enough disk space to install windows 98. Setup will
> quit. Free some disk space and then run setup again.
> You need at least 205 megabytes free to install Windows 98.
>
> Unfortunately I'm not that clever, the laptop came with no restore
> disks, but it has a 6.4GB HDD.
>
> Please can anyone advise me what to do
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Steve

Couple of things. Boot to bios setup. Check that the disk is properly
autotyped. If it has a setting for Large Disk Support, check that. IBM
might have some specific instructions about the HD in this laptop on
their site also.

Boot with a boot floppy. Fdisk and format.

Q