The message 20051109153049.GH11826@thebowery.co.uk from Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk contains these words:
I mean a clean install of Win 98...
*sigh* you missed the point. You can install off of a Windows 98 Upgrade CD but it will ask for a qualifying product. If the Windows 95 CD is totally dead then it won't work... *but* you can fool the installer that a qualifying product is already installed which is what Wayne mentioned.
I'll try it and see.