Can I install Windows 95/98 on an external USB HD with a BIOS that has no support or upgrade to the BIOS that lets it boot off an external HD?

What I was thinking of doing was making a boot floppy with the core DOS files and point everything else to C:.

What I am afraid of is this: I have two NTFS-formatted internal hard drives. The DOS bootdisk seems to not detect them (they have no drive letter and thusly the USB HD gets C:), however will the Windows setup program write a bootsector on the primary master, or on the USB HD enclosure? I have XP on the internal HD. Basically, if DOS doesn't give either NTFS drive a letter, will 9x setup pretend they don't exist? Does the setup program even write a bootsector or does it just adjust dos files?

I tried moving the Wndows folder from another machine onto the enclosure. It actually boots into windows, but it BSoDs after finding 30 new system devices.

Thanks.

DOS and 9x can't see NTFS partitons, that's why.

NTFS4DOS can see NTFS partitions.