I'm at my wits end, maybe I'm missing something obvious here, don't know anymore.
Here's the scoop:
I have this piece of hardware, it's an older HP oscilloscope model 54845A, it runs on normal of the shelf PC hardware (mostly).
Mine runs windows 98, earlier versions of the same model run win 95, originally comes with a socket 7 mobo and AMD K6 CPU. I upgraded the motherboard to socket 370 intel 810 chipset and PIII@ 900Mhz . Now the software for this beast comes only in one form as a recovery image. Because of upgraded mobo/CPU I'm using recovery for 54845B model which I strongly suspect comes with intel 815 chipset mobo, close but no cigar in my case.
The recovery process is 2 stage, first the CD boots in DOS mode and runs a Norton Ghost that reimages the HD with the proper recovery image. I've checked and that DOS mode is from win 98 first edition ( version ends in 1998 ).
Now after ghost finishes you're supposed to power cycle the machine ( it has an AT type PSU), and after the reboot the install continues.
Unfortunately in my case the install crashes sooner or later, due to missing drivers, I can cancel most of the dialog boxes and even then in the end the nasty BSOD happens and I have to reboot.
After reboot all I get is "windows protection error" and the machine locks up.
I've downloaded a few version of drivers but I'm not even sure what version of windows I'm working with here?
I cannot check it the normal way as the install never finishes, I don't have acces to command prompt nor desktop et all. I have acces to the file system though when I connect the HD (actually CF) to my pc via usb adapter.
Glanced through the installog and bootlog files briefly but didn't notice anything obvious, I know that the first edition version ends in 1998 and the second in 2222, but no cookie.
Is there a way to determine the version of windows 98 by examining the install files?
I can see the whole \ossetup directory just fine, there I found a file named 815.cat which indicates to me that the original 54845B uses i815 chipset mobo which is very close to 810 ?
Why it doesn't work then?
Also having really hard time to find any drivers for intel 810 for original windows 98 or 95 , what's out there is mostly for 98SE forward.
Any help here?
Here's the scoop:
I have this piece of hardware, it's an older HP oscilloscope model 54845A, it runs on normal of the shelf PC hardware (mostly).
Mine runs windows 98, earlier versions of the same model run win 95, originally comes with a socket 7 mobo and AMD K6 CPU. I upgraded the motherboard to socket 370 intel 810 chipset and PIII@ 900Mhz . Now the software for this beast comes only in one form as a recovery image. Because of upgraded mobo/CPU I'm using recovery for 54845B model which I strongly suspect comes with intel 815 chipset mobo, close but no cigar in my case.
The recovery process is 2 stage, first the CD boots in DOS mode and runs a Norton Ghost that reimages the HD with the proper recovery image. I've checked and that DOS mode is from win 98 first edition ( version ends in 1998 ).
Now after ghost finishes you're supposed to power cycle the machine ( it has an AT type PSU), and after the reboot the install continues.
Unfortunately in my case the install crashes sooner or later, due to missing drivers, I can cancel most of the dialog boxes and even then in the end the nasty BSOD happens and I have to reboot.
After reboot all I get is "windows protection error" and the machine locks up.
I've downloaded a few version of drivers but I'm not even sure what version of windows I'm working with here?
I cannot check it the normal way as the install never finishes, I don't have acces to command prompt nor desktop et all. I have acces to the file system though when I connect the HD (actually CF) to my pc via usb adapter.
Glanced through the installog and bootlog files briefly but didn't notice anything obvious, I know that the first edition version ends in 1998 and the second in 2222, but no cookie.
Is there a way to determine the version of windows 98 by examining the install files?
I can see the whole \ossetup directory just fine, there I found a file named 815.cat which indicates to me that the original 54845B uses i815 chipset mobo which is very close to 810 ?
Why it doesn't work then?
Also having really hard time to find any drivers for intel 810 for original windows 98 or 95 , what's out there is mostly for 98SE forward.
Any help here?
