Jaak wrote:

Hi
the 98 DriverPacks pack floating around (and linked in a topic here) can be used in 98.
If you have it, expand it and burn to a CDR.

Last time I used it was less than 4 months ago. (98 is not dead, but close)

ahh i see it seems it doesnt support my lan card or the latest driver pack

my hwid is as follows

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PCI Devices
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PCI\VEN_10D9&DEV_0531&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_25\3&61AAA01&0&60 : Macronix MX98715-Based Ethernet Adapter (Generic)
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_002C&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_15\4&9FD38EF&0&0008: NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0571&SUBSYS_05711106&REV_06\3&61AAA01&0&39 : VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0686&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_40\3&61AAA01&0&38 : VIA PCI to ISA bridge
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0691&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_C4\3&61AAA01&0&00 : VIA CPU to PCI bridge
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038&SUBSYS_12340925&REV_1A\3&61AAA01&0&3A : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3038&SUBSYS_12340925&REV_1A\3&61AAA01&0&3B : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3057&SUBSYS_09851019&REV_40\3&61AAA01&0&3C : VIA Power Management controller
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3058&SUBSYS_09851019&REV_50\3&61AAA01&0&3D : VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM)
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_8598&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&61AAA01&0&08 : VIA CPU to AGP Controller
10 matching device(s) found.

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USB Devices
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USB\ROOT_HUB\4&1E8F7657&0                                   : USB Root Hub
USB\ROOT_HUB\4&BD5C5B2&0                                    : USB Root Hub
2 matching device(s) found.

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Input Devices
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No matching devices found.

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ACPI Devices
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ACPI\FIXEDBUTTON\2&DABA3FF&0                                : ACPI Fixed Feature Button
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_6_MODEL_8\_0                 : Intel(r) Pentium(r)III processor
ACPI\PNP0000\3&61AAA01&0                                    : Programmable interrupt controller
ACPI\PNP0100\3&61AAA01&0                                    : System timer
ACPI\PNP0200\3&61AAA01&0                                    : Direct memory access controller
ACPI\PNP0303\3&61AAA01&0                                    : PS/2 Keyboard
ACPI\PNP0401\3&61AAA01&0                                    : ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
ACPI\PNP0501\1                                              : Communications Port (COM1)
ACPI\PNP0501\2                                              : Communications Port (COM2)
ACPI\PNP0700\3&61AAA01&0                                    : Standard floppy disk controller
ACPI\PNP0800\3&61AAA01&0                                    : System speaker
ACPI\PNP0A03\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : PCI bus
ACPI\PNP0B00\3&61AAA01&0                                    : System CMOS/real time clock
ACPI\PNP0C01\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : System board
ACPI\PNP0C02\1                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C04\3&61AAA01&0                                    : Numeric data processor
ACPI\PNP0C0B\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Fan
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Power Button
ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Sleep Button
ACPI\PNP0F13\3&61AAA01&0                                    : Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)
ACPI\THERMALZONE\THRM                                       : ACPI Thermal Zone
ACPI_HAL\PNP0C08\0                                          : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000                                          : Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC
23 matching device(s) found.



my lan card is

PCI\VEN_10D9&DEV_0531&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_25\3&61AAA01&0&60 : Macronix MX98715-Based Ethernet Adapter (Generic)

it seems this hardware isnt supported with the driver pack? or im the one mistaken

cause i really need it i cant use internet with my windows 98 cause i cant see the driver needed

in my hardware list i shows ethernet

but when i use windows 2000 and up it can detect my lan card normally...

ahh another question i see the window 98 driver pack as an exe not the same as the driver pack available for

download in the main site as 7zip so should i change it to 7zip or can i use already to slipstream it in my windows 98 when i burn a new one

thanks for the reply its been really helpful

im planning to use it to my windows 98 and use it as a source and integrate the driver pack in this windows and burn

it.... is this possible and can be done? or the driver pack is limited to windows 2000 and up only???


2nd im planning also to make a driver only cd so i can use it in any os to find unknown drivers

but i see the driver packs is compressed with 7zip if i slipstream it is it necesary to extract the files first or i

have to left it compressed and when i find the driver will it detect the files needed even its still compressed

i can already use the windows 98 and can log in

was wondering if there is a way to download the driver packs and just install it without burning it in a cd

cause i got no cd writer to burn it. and install it in any windows 98 to windows xp

another thing i got a copy of windows xp that i downloaded from the net which is customized and already bundled

with driver packs can i just use that to search for drivers or i really should download the driver packs here and burn

a new one to a cd please help


thanks