>Hi there,
>
>I´m having trouble installing W95 on VPC with XP host OS. I get the
>following message:
>
>"Cannot create temproary directory. If you have HPFS of NFTS installed on
>your HD you will need to create an MS-DOS boot partition"
>
>I have tried setup with switches to bypass the routine check and to specify
>the temp folder in C: but to no avail.
>
>The PC has 2 19GB FAT32 partitions. I know that earlier versions of W95 need
>FAT16, but how do I go about that when the system drive needs to have least
>FAT32 for XP?
>
>Thanks in advance

> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:29:28 -0800, "Chris L"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >Hi there,
> >
> >I´m having trouble installing W95 on VPC with XP host OS. I get the
> >following message:
> >
> >"Cannot create temproary directory. If you have HPFS of NFTS installed on
> >your HD you will need to create an MS-DOS boot partition"
> >
> >I have tried setup with switches to bypass the routine check and to specify
> >the temp folder in C: but to no avail.
> >
> >The PC has 2 19GB FAT32 partitions. I know that earlier versions of W95 need
> >FAT16, but how do I go about that when the system drive needs to have least
> >FAT32 for XP?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
>
> Just like a real PC, you need to boot from a floppy disk, fdisk and
> format the virtual hard drive before you can install Windows.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
> no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
> I am not am employee of Microsoft."
>

> Hi Steve. Thanks for you reply. I have rebooted from floppy (although it
> is a
> W98 floppy because I don´t have a W95 one) and have performed fdisk. I
> thought I'd cracked it, but I´m having the following problem:
>
> 1) I ran fdisk, selected (1) create DOS partition, then selected (2) set
> active partition. All seemed to work well. System promted me to restart
> and
> stated that the disk will be formatted after reboot
>
> 2) I restarted the virtual machine but nothing happens. If I reboot
> without
> floppy inserted (or just with Setup CD) I get "OS missing" error. If I
> reboot
> with floppy in I get the A: prompt. But nothing else. No formatting takes
> place
>
> 3) If I type fdisk again and follow the previous steps, I'm told that a
> primary partition already exists. The Display Partion option gives me the
> following info:
>
> Partition = C: 1, State = A, Type = PRI DOS, System = unknown, Mbytes
> =
> 2047
>
> I succesfully managed to install W98 last night, but I'm afraid I´m a bit
> lost now.
> Thanks
>
>
>
> "Steve Jain" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:29:28 -0800, "Chris L"
>> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi there,
>> >
>> >I´m having trouble installing W95 on VPC with XP host OS. I get the
>> >following message:
>> >
>> >"Cannot create temproary directory. If you have HPFS of NFTS installed
>> >on
>> >your HD you will need to create an MS-DOS boot partition"
>> >
>> >I have tried setup with switches to bypass the routine check and to
>> >specify
>> >the temp folder in C: but to no avail.
>> >
>> >The PC has 2 19GB FAT32 partitions. I know that earlier versions of W95
>> >need
>> >FAT16, but how do I go about that when the system drive needs to have
>> >least
>> >FAT32 for XP?
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance
>>
>> Just like a real PC, you need to boot from a floppy disk, fdisk and
>> format the virtual hard drive before you can install Windows.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
>> no warranties, and confers no rights.
>> You assume all risk for your use.
>> I am not am employee of Microsoft."
>>

> Hi Steve. Thanks for you reply. I have rebooted from floppy (although
> it is a W98 floppy because I don´t have a W95 one) and have performed
> fdisk. I thought I'd cracked it, but I´m having the following problem:
>
> 1) I ran fdisk, selected (1) create DOS partition, then selected (2)
> set active partition. All seemed to work well. System promted me to
> restart and stated that the disk will be formatted after reboot
>
> 2) I restarted the virtual machine but nothing happens. If I reboot
> without floppy inserted (or just with Setup CD) I get "OS missing"
> error. If I reboot with floppy in I get the A: prompt. But nothing
> else. No formatting takes place
>
> 3) If I type fdisk again and follow the previous steps, I'm told that
> a primary partition already exists. The Display Partion option gives
> me the following info:
>
> Partition = C: 1, State = A, Type = PRI DOS, System = unknown,
> Mbytes = 2047
>
> I succesfully managed to install W98 last night, but I'm afraid I´m a
> bit lost now.
> Thanks