What is the purpose of the ebdcab file on the windows 98 start up disk?

The Ebd.cab file is a compressed file whose contents are extracted to the Ramdrive during the startup process. The purpose of EBD.CAB is to make a Windows 98 boot disk (on a floppy). Contents of the Ebd.cab File ATTRIB EXE 15,252 05-06-98 8:01p CHKDSK EXE 28,096 05-06-98 8:01p DEBUG EXE 20,554 05-06-98 8:01p EDIT COM 69,902 05-06-98 8:01p EXT EXE 13,299 05-06-98 8:01p FORMAT COM 49,575 05-06-98 8:01p HELP BAT 36 05-06-98 8:01p MSCDEX EXE 25,473 05-06-98 8:01p RESTART COM 20 05-06-98 8:01p SCANDISK EXE 143,818 05-06-98 8:01p SCANDISK INI 7,329 05-06-98 8:01p SYS COM 18,967 05-06-98 8:01p