ms28 flashing,boot trouble

[malukubox]

so i am trying to flash my ms28 but the floppies when they boot say some rubbish about booting win 98 and after that it says

A;/ and thats all,it just stays like that.

i have an ntfsdos cd as well that i am trying but after i enter
'cd XTREME' it says something about a problem with 'chdir'(tried 2 ntfs cd and they both do the same)

what am i doin wrong?
i have been following textbooks guide and have all the equipment etc,please help

 

[OliMaylen]

Are you using XBM or iPrep??

From my recolection if your using XBM the screen your seeing is correct, you then type your read or flash command. Maybe someone can confirm?

Seems like ages ago now since I used XBM.

Be aware though if your using Floppies your more likely to have it go wrong as it has been known for a Floppy to go wrong mid flash then you could be in a whole world of trouble.

Having said that, I have used floppies many times to flash successfully.

 

[malukubox]

i am using xtreme boot maker and my screen doesnt look like how it does in textbooks guide with floppies.

i would prefer to use the ntfsdos cd but i get the error as said in 1st post.

 

[OliMaylen]

When did you download Textbooks' guide? The updated one available now is using iPrep not XBM & it does look quite different.

My advice would be to forget XBM, follow Textbooks guide and use iPrep. It is very similar, but far more straight forward & easier to use than XBM anyway. I have used iPrep with floppies just fine, although as you say it would be safer to use NTFSDOS. It shows you in the guide where to get the latest version and definitions.

 

[malukubox]

damn i didnt even know there was an updated guide
i will get that and iprep and get busy

wish me luck :lol:
i will post back with good results(hopefully)

 

[OliMaylen]

D'OH!!!! :lol:

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

 

[malukubox]

"chdir failed for 'IPREP' "

same error as with xbm wtf

this is with ntfsdos cd

EDIT: ok so i did it with a floppy and it worked a charm,10 second trick worked 1st time everytime,backed up my orig.bin lots

now i just have to wait for the discs i ordered which should be here this week sometime and then i can make a backup and test it properly(only tested with 2 originals atm)

cheers.

 

[OliMaylen]

Cool news!

Hope all goes well.