That is the usual fix. Perhaps post those two sections of System.ini to
us from the Win2000. Did you look in MSInfo32 when the Win98 did boot?
How much RAM did it say it had?


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"iso_dsl" wrote in message
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| "PCR" wrote:
| | 6. Save the file, and then restart your computer.
|
| Use Alt-F-X-ENTER (pressed separately) to exit EDIT.
| (TAB to get to buttons. ENTER to accept a button.)
|
|
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| Thanks or Good Luck,
| There may be humor in this post, and,
| Naturally, you will not sue,
| should things get worse after this,
| PCR
|
| "PCR" wrote in message
| ...
| | Are you sure you are getting the lines into the right
| section of
| | System.ini? Here is how to do it in DOS...
| |
| | 1. Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows
| 95"
| | message, press the F8 key, and then choose Command Prompt
| Only from
| the
| | Startup menu.
| | For Windows 98, restart your computer, press and hold down
| the CTRL
| key
| | until the Startup menu appears, and then choose Command
| Prompt Only.
| |
| | 2. Type...
| | EDIT C:WindowsSystem.ini
| | ..., and then press ENTER.
| | 4. Add the following line in the [386Enh] section of the
| file
| | MaxPhysPage=30000
| | 5. Add the following line in the [vcache] section of the
| file
| | MaxFileCache=524288
| | 6. Save the file, and then restart your computer.
| |
| |
| |
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q184447
| | Insufficient Memory
| |
| |
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;253912
| | "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM
| Installed
| |
| | (1) "START, Run, MSConfig, System.ini tab, [vcache]
| section".
| | Don't just open the section; click it to highlight.
| | (2) Click the "New" button
| | (3) Type in: "MaxFileCache=524288"
| | (4) Click "Apply" and "OK". Reboot.
| |
| | JUST, don't exceed usable RAM, as seen at "START, Run,
| MSInfo32"...
| | 376MB RAM, it says for me, because Video has grabbed away 8
| MB.
| |
| |
| | --
| | Thanks or Good Luck,
| | There may be humor in this post, and,
| | Naturally, you will not sue,
| | should things get worse after this,
| | PCR
| |
| | "iso_dsl" wrote in
| message
| |
|
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| | | I just upgraded an existing dual boot 98SE/2000 machine to
| 1GB RAM,
| | | from having prior 512MB. Machine is a Barton 2600, Asus
| A7N8X-E
| | | nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset. Video card is a GeForce4 MX
| 420.
| | |
| | | I can no longer get 98SE to boot. I tried the ’vcache’,
| | | ’maxphyspage’, and ’ConservativeSwapfileUsage’ tricks.
| Also tried
| the
| | | ’msconfig’ limit RAM thing. None of these tricks work for
| me.
| | |
| | | Depending on certain combinations of the above 3 tricks,
| sometimes
| it
| | | will boot to a 640x480 screen and not allow me to change
| resolution.
| | | Sometimes it will just boot to a messed up screen.
| Sometimes it
| will
| | | boot to a blank desktop.
| | |
| | | Are there any other things I might try? I’m wondering if
| it has
| | | something to do with my configuration of hardware.
| Looking around
| the
| | | Internet it seems everyone else is able to solve this
| problem.
| Thanks
| | | for any help.
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| I appreciate your response, but this isn’t working for me. I tried
| various maxphyspage entries from 128 to 512 MB and just keep getting
| the same problems. Like I said in the original post, sometimes I can
| get to the desktop, but its 640x480 and I can’t change it. I’m
| wondering if it has something to do with my drivers or video card.