Cannot Install Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 on Windows 98 Platform from CD-ROM (5035612)

When you install Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 on the Windows 98 platform, you receive an error message that it cannot find localization files. On Windows 98 the SYSTEMDRIVE variable needs to be set in the autoexec.bat file for the value of this variable to be accessible on the MS-DOS prompt. For Sun Management Center 3.5, the installer used to assume C: would be the default Microsoft Windows installation directory and drive. But on machines where the system drive is something other than C:, the installer fails.

To eliminate this issue, the installers were enhanced to detect the Microsoft Windows installation drive and proceed with this drive instead of assuming C: drive as the installation directory and drive. On other Microsoft Windows operating systems, the default installation drive and directory are available at the MS-DOS prompt. But for Windows 98 the default drive is not defined.

Workaround: You have several options:

• For the installer to work from the CD-ROM for Windows 98, set the SYSTEMDRIVE variable. Use the command SET SYSTEMDRIVE = X: where X is the actual drive where Windows 98 has been installed.

• Copy the CD-ROM to the hard disk and run the installer from there.

• Install by uncompressing the winImage.tar file from the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 web page on the following web site: http://wwws.sun.com/software/download