System crash: IOSUBSYS error

If you can get into your BIOS, set the memory timing to low. Perhaps your
stick(s) going bad. Slight chance and easy to try.
Try removing it and then reinserting it to clean the contact surfaces
somewhat.

I hope this didn't happen due to your using two different memory sticks.
:-(

It appears that you did your homework.
If you can still boot into DOS, you can change your MaxFileCache from 6144
to somewhere around 20000 to 32000.
I wish you luck.
Buffalo
PS: Here are some more links:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...2c18714cb85425

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...11d0f44beada64

rubyjack" wrote in message
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Need some help badly.

Yesterday my IBM PL300, 350 MZ, Win98SE system started giving me an error
message:
*
While initializing device IOS:
Error: An I/O Subsystemdriver failed to load.
Either a file in .\iosubsys subdirectory is corrupt,
or the system is low on memory
*
The only thing that was going on was that I was trying to install a
Netgear WG311v3 wireless network card. I had trouble getting it to work and
uninstalled it using its own uninstall as well as Control Panel. However,
it didn't seem to uninstall the files properly and it still showed up in the
Install/Remove menu. It did boot a couple of time after the uninstalltion,
but then died.

I have Googled, MS Knowledgebased, and searched this NG on Google for
help. But nothing I try seems to help. Amoung the fixes I have tried to
implement are as follows:

1. Scanreg /restored to about four different days backup.

2. Re-Extracted all files in the c:\windows\system\iosubsys folder from
the W98 .cab files (except for those files that weren't in the .cax :-).

3. Scandisked the HD (some file errors, but they were fixed and didn't
seem critical) including Thourough.

4. Reset the MaxFileCache in Vcache to 6144


Try setting the value to around 20000. 6144 was for Win95 sys, I believe.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q272960/


5. From a good startup floppy did a SYS C:

6. Tried to find the ios.log (there wasn't one)

7. Tried to SETUP in c:\windows\options\cabs, but I don't have SETUP on
my HD.

8. Renamed Iosubsys folder to Iosubold

9. Tried to Shift-F8 through the boot process, but I got the error
immediately upon processing the drivers.

10. Tried rename all the files in the Iosubsys folder to different names
(ren *.ext *.e~t)

11. Read MS KB articles Q255(Q225497), 311108(Q311108), 188881,
263466(Q263466), 132008(Q132008), 188867(Q188867), as well as some others
that required you to be able to at least boot into Safe Mode, which I can't.

12. Checked the Bootlog.txt, but it gave no useful clues (only listed
Autoexec.bat and Cofig.sys entires-successful)


I have stopped short of any kind of re-install of W98. And I know of no
way to check for viruses with only a command prompt. Please help, this is
my wife's computer and "if Momma ain't happy, no one ain't happy" ::grin::



Thanks,
Dan Hacker