Hi everyone.
I recently replaced my hd in an older celeron 300 machine with identical hd. Problem is when I try to install W98 I just get the black SCREEN that says
"Boot from Atapi Cd Rom : Failure"
Any help greatly appreciated  could be that the cd drive is going bad, have you had any problems with it prior to this?

if thats not it it could be that windows 98 isnt compatible with your system(but i doubt it), EXACTLY how old is it?Go into the bios setup......< hold down the del key on boot up> and change the boot sequence to boot from the cdrom drive.......the error is because you do not have a cdrom driver......Okay I went to bios screen and made sure cdrom was first item on start up.
I also changed the dvd/cd drive by PUTTING the old cd drive back in. Same message, not sure what to do next.
Any ideas?Back to basics.
You need to have your HDD in & CONNECTED properly.
You need to have a cdrom in & connected properly.
You need to have your bios DETECTING these things.
You need to have your bios set to boot the cdrom 1st.
You need to have a bootable cd (windows) in.
You need to boot to the cdrom & install windows.