Hellppp!!!!

experienced only please, unless you've specifically had this problem.

when installing xp on a win98 os,
the installer app will hang after about 97% of the "prepairing install" where it checks system compatibility

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win 98
ie6.0
P6S5AT ECS atx mb
320Mb pc 133 ram
p3 800Mhz
32Mb GeForce agp

 

I had a very similiar problem, and with the same video card problem:
AMD Athlon 1.2, 256Ram, Geforce2MX 100/200 32MB video
(was WIN ME)

It would not boot after instillation of XP Home. After several different try's, and calling MS, it was my video card causing it. The Geforce2 IS suported by XP, but will cause a stop during instillation.
Luckily, I had another computer, and I used that card for setup. Once done, I shutdown, swapped the cards again, re-started. XP found the Geforce card with no problem, and even installed "signed" drivers for it from the CD.

Hope this helps.