A Question

During boot up this shows up:



EMM386 not installed-unable to set page frame base address
Press any key to continue
EMM386 successfully installed
Expanded memory services unavilable
total upper 70kb
largest upper block 47kb
upper start address CD00 H
EMM386 active

The system will stop after that.

I have not been able to find a answer so thought I would
toss it out here to see if I can get some links or what
not thanks in advance for any help.

EMM386 is being installed by a command in the Config.sys file. Windows
98 does not require a Config.sys file or an Autoexec.bat file. I
suggest that you rename both of these files so that they will not be
executed. For example, change Config.sys to Config.syz and change
Autoexec.bat to Autoexec.baz.


Bill Starbuck (MVP)

This is just a guess. Boot with a floppy start up disk. At the A: prompt,
type: C: and hit enter. At the C: prompt, type: ren config.sys
config.old and hit enter. Reboot.

I think your config.sys contains an entry that is causing the problem.

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"angmair" wrote in message
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During boot up this shows up:



EMM386 not installed-unable to set page frame base address
Press any key to continue
EMM386 successfully installed
Expanded memory services unavilable
total upper 70kb
largest upper block 47kb
upper start address CD00 H
EMM386 active

The system will stop after that.

I have not been able to find a answer so thought I would
toss it out here to see if I can get some links or what
not thanks in advance for any help.

Well...

(1) Hold CTRL as you boot for the Startup Menu.
(2) Select to boot Safe Mode.
Config.sys & Autoexec.bat will not execute.
(3) Rename those two to...
Config.bad
Autoexec.bad
...They are both in C:\.
(4) Boot to Normal Mode, & post those .bad's.

I'm thinking...

DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.sys /V
DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.exe NOEMS V
DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO

....Those should be the first three lines in Config.sys.

(a) IF there is an EMM386.exe line in Config.sys,
it must be preceded with a HIMEM.sys line.
(b) IF there is no EMM386.exe line in there, then perhaps
you need one (for something that comes later).


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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

"angmair" wrote in message
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| During boot up this shows up:
|
|
|
| EMM386 not installed-unable to set page frame base address
| Press any key to continue
| EMM386 successfully installed
| Expanded memory services unavilable
| total upper 70kb
| largest upper block 47kb
| upper start address CD00 H
| EMM386 active
|
| The system will stop after that.
|
| I have not been able to find a answer so thought I would
| toss it out here to see if I can get some links or what
| not thanks in advance for any help.

An answer.

PA Bear wrote:
An answer.

NO!!

(And you're welcome, PCR).

Bill in Co. wrote:
An answer.

NO!!

Why not?

(And the h*** with PCR!)

Why?

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

"PA Bear" wrote in message
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| Bill in Co. wrote:
| An answer.
|
| NO!!
|
| Why not?
|
| (And the h*** with PCR!)

Huh? I'm welcome for WHAT?

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

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
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| PA Bear wrote:
| An answer.
|
| NO!!
|
| (And you're welcome, PCR).
|
|