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Old September 14th 08, 07:58 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Punch
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I recently broke up my dual boot system and created another system as a
windows 98 computer. The drive I installed is 20gb and on initialisation I
get the error cannot control a20 lines. Now, I have subsequently found out
that I need to modify the config.sys file to over come this problem, but have
to first boot up to a dos environment, edit config.sys and then run setup
from the win98 cd, My question, HOW DO I DO THIS DIRECTLY FROM THE CD, AS IT
ALWAYS SAYS HIMEM.SYS IS NOT LOADED???????????????????????
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Old September 14th 08, 05:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Ben Myers[_3_]
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"Punch" wrote in message ...
I recently broke up my dual boot system and created another system as a
windows 98 computer. The drive I installed is 20gb and on initialisation I
get the error cannot control a20 lines.


Go into the BIOS setup and see if there is an A20 gate option. If so, set
it to "Normal" or "Disabled". Be sure to save the change when exiting.

Now, I have subsequently found out
that I need to modify the config.sys file to over come this problem, but have
to first boot up to a dos environment, edit config.sys and then run setup
from the win98 cd, My question, HOW DO I DO THIS DIRECTLY FROM THE CD, AS IT
ALWAYS SAYS HIMEM.SYS IS NOT LOADED???????????????????????


Try creating a fresh boot floppy, then run setup from the Win98 directory.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben
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Old September 14th 08, 05:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.setup
Ben Myers[_3_]
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Default cannot control a20 lines

"Punch" wrote in message ...
I recently broke up my dual boot system and created another system as a
windows 98 computer. The drive I installed is 20gb and on initialisation I
get the error cannot control a20 lines.


Go into the BIOS setup and see if there is an A20 gate option. If so, set
it to "Normal" or "Disabled". Be sure to save the change when exiting.

Now, I have subsequently found out
that I need to modify the config.sys file to over come this problem, but have
to first boot up to a dos environment, edit config.sys and then run setup
from the win98 cd, My question, HOW DO I DO THIS DIRECTLY FROM THE CD, AS IT
ALWAYS SAYS HIMEM.SYS IS NOT LOADED???????????????????????


Try creating a fresh boot floppy, then run setup from the Win98 directory.

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben
 




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