Hi Moose
If both machines have USB ports then the simplest way would be to use a USB
flash memory stick as a the network setup disk. Conncet the XP to the net,
run network setup, and during setup, make the XP macjhine the gateway if you
want (i.e. this machine connects directly to the Internet and other machines
connect via it - life's easier that way) - then, when promoted save the
network setup file to the memory stick and run setup from the memory stick
on the other machines.
'98 isn't the best (or right) OS to use for sharing an internet connection
from - but if you need/want to do that (not recommended BTW), then get some
proper WinProxy software that properly supports MS ICS (Internet Connection
Sharing). XP is the preferred OS for the 'gateway' because it has ICS
built-in, and uses (can use) NTFS (which is vastly more secure than FAT32
since FAT32 offers no protections at all. You can get Winproxy from:
http://www.winproxy.com/
I remember using 'Wingate' to network 98 and ME machines years ago (ME has
built in ICS and proxy software - 98 doesn't).
Allan (who hasn't used 98 for a few years now)
PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really cool
about it).
Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
confused mass of energy, have created.
-Disturb the mind -
>From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: XD card troubles
>Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:28:23 -0800
>
>TO ANYONE WHO HAS OR USES AN OLY DIGICAM WITH xD CARDS
>
>DO NOT USE THE CARDS IN ANY OTHER SORT OF DEVICE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE
>THAN DOWNLOADING THE FILES!!!
>
>It may be possible to do so, if you really know what you are doing, but
>there are people who have lost the ability to use a card short of
>sending it to Oly for "repair" (reformatting).
>
>Steve Goss wrote:
> > Hi, Y'all-
> > I think I've trashed one of my Dad's XD cards for his Olympus digicam.
> >
>Oops! Oly cameras are famous for being dodgy about their xD cards. You
>really shouldn't use them in anything else, except perhaps in a Fuji
>camera.
> > The camera can tell that there is a card in it, but can't show any of
>the pictures.
> >
>Oly uses some "different" formatting or files or something to support
>their panoramic function. The net wizard may have messed with that,
>rendering the images unusable by the Oly camera. This incompatibility
>can work both ways, with a file browser unable to access a card with
>compromised formatting/files on it.
> > Dad's Compaq Presario has XD/compact flash/SD/etc. port on the front,
>and it doesn't even recognize
> > that there is a card in the slot.
> > On the other hand, his HP 8250 printer does recognize the card and shows
>all the pictures.
> >
>Excellent news. A device not expecting the special Oly stuff can read
>the files, so they aren't really gone.
> > So what is the best way of handling this? print what he wants with the
>printer and then format it
> > in the camera?
> >
>If that's all he really wants, it's an easy solution. If he wants to
>recover the original files, there are a couple of options that I know
>of. I suspect that one of the recovery software apps may be able to find
>and restore or download them.
>
>An alternative that has worked for many folks with this general sort of
>problem is to put the card in a Fuji camera. The Fuji may well be able
>to see and download the images. Some have also been able to format a
>card that their Oly camera won't recognize in a Fuji, then format it
>again in the Oly. I'm sure there are other low level file access
>methods, but I know nothing about them. Presumably, file recovery apps
>would use them.
> > How I killed his card:
> >
>It's not the card hardware that's dead, of course.....
> > I'm setting up a network so my Dad can share files and printers between
>his Presario and his old
> > IBM laptop. The Presario runs Windows XP, and the laptop runs Windows
>98. The XP network wizard
> > wants to create a setup disk for other machines on the net, but since
>the Presario doesn't have a
> > floppy, the only drive it will create it on is one of the XD/compact
>flash/SD ports. Not a CD, and
> > not a USB Jump drive. The network wizard did manage to put a file on the
>XD card, but then the
> > Presario lost all contact with the card. Suggestions on how to tame the
>network wizard would be
> > appreciated too.
> >
>I've set up a wireless network between an XP machine and two 98 machines
>without using any setup disks. The setup disk is just a "convenience"
>for getting needed files and settings around. You can do it other ways
>(or at least, I could, but I don't remember the details).
>
>Good luck!
>
>Moose
>
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