Installing Win 98 wit KT3 Ultra

Trying to get Win 98 to install with to following:
KT3 Ultra 6380E
IBM Deskstar 120G
AIB 512MB PC2700 333mhz
Nvidia GeForce 3 64MB
Artec ACD 56x CD-ROM
I get to the widows 98 set up screen to continue and I receive  an application error/general fault.  Something with user.exe.  Anyone have any ideas on how to get 98 installed?

sounds more hardware related
read the sticky in the via forum were the mod will move this
check all jumper settings,try swapping ide leads
is it stable at 133 fsb

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