Well if you ever opened a retail version box of 98 you would see that there is a boot floppy in there. It boots the system, and activates CDrom support. Then you change to the cd drive and type setup. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Bresnahan <mike at fruitioninc.com> To: <tclug-list at lists.real-time.com> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] how anti-piracy measures make piracy more likely. > I'm confused, as far as I know, all of my Windows install CDs are > bootable. How else would you install on a machine with no OS? > > Mike Bresnahan > ---- > Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > here's the story of an end-user who really *would* like to have > > fully-legal-and-licenced MS software; but finds he can't actually *do* > > anything with it unless he resorts to some potentially-gray practices. > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15621.html > > > > Carl Soderstrom > > -- > > Network Engineer > > Real-Time Enterprises > > (952) 943-8700 > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $7.99/mo! ------