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Win 98 install MDIS error
My son is attempting to install windows 98. He has entered the product code
and it came up in Safe Mode. When he restarted, he got an MDIS error. What is this and how can he correct it? |
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Win 98 install MDIS error
"Dab" wrote in message ... My son is attempting to install windows 98. He has entered the product code and it came up in Safe Mode. When he restarted, he got an MDIS error. What is this and how can he correct it? Is this an older machine or a new one? If it's an older machine...I'd probably run a ram test first. If it's a new machine...win98 can have problems with some of the newer hardware...such as lack of drivers etc. If the machine has more than 512 megs of ram... do the installation with only 512 megs... then post back for instructions as how to modify vcache settings |
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Win 98 install MDIS error
Are you sure you don't mean an "NDIS" error?
Windows protection error in NDIS with a CPU that is faster than 2.1 GHz http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108 The issue is only supposed to occur with Win98 original version (First Edition, or FE), not with Win98SE (Second Edition). Is your processor 2.1GHz or faster? Are you installing Win98, or Win98SE? For Win98FE, there was a hotfix available to correct this, but MS pulled all special hotfixes when the Win98 support period ended, despite repeated requests from a number of MVPs that they keep the hotfixes available.....their legal department nixed the idea. The hotfix (for Win98FE only) used to be available from other sources online...Google for the file named: 312108usa8.exe and you will likely find some sources for it. As untrusted sources, you must check them for viruses and other malware. Post back with the further info requested your processor and operating system. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm "Dab" wrote in message ... My son is attempting to install windows 98. He has entered the product code and it came up in Safe Mode. When he restarted, he got an MDIS error. What is this and how can he correct it? |
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Win 98 install MDIS error
"glee" wrote in message
... Windows protection error in NDIS with a CPU that is faster than 2.1 GHz http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108 The issue is only supposed to occur with Win98 original version (First Edition, or FE), not with Win98SE (Second Edition). Is your processor 2.1GHz or faster? Are you installing Win98, or Win98SE? For Win98FE, there was a hotfix available to correct this, but MS pulled all special hotfixes when the Win98 support period ended, despite repeated requests from a number of MVPs that they keep the hotfixes available.....their legal department nixed the idea. The hotfix (for Win98FE only) used to be available from other sources online...Google for the file named: 312108usa8.exe and you will likely find some sources for it. As untrusted sources, you must check them for viruses and other malware. The catch is that the NDIS FIX file 312108usa8.exe is itself a Windows file, i.e. will not run at a DOS prompt, thus is of no value to someone prevented by the NDIS error from installing Windows. (MS did not respond when notified of this approx. 2003. . . ) But there are random factors as well. The NDIS problem (in my experience) occurred at one of the reboots integral to installation of Win98 (and may have been a divide-by-zero error but by persistence I found that at the 6th or 8th attempt the error simply did not occur and installation completed normally. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... "glee" wrote in message ... Windows protection error in NDIS with a CPU that is faster than 2.1 GHz http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108 The issue is only supposed to occur with Win98 original version (First Edition, or FE), not with Win98SE (Second Edition). Is your processor 2.1GHz or faster? Are you installing Win98, or Win98SE? For Win98FE, there was a hotfix available to correct this, but MS pulled all special hotfixes when the Win98 support period ended, despite repeated requests from a number of MVPs that they keep the hotfixes available.....their legal department nixed the idea. The hotfix (for Win98FE only) used to be available from other sources online...Google for the file named: 312108usa8.exe and you will likely find some sources for it. As untrusted sources, you must check them for viruses and other malware. The catch is that the NDIS FIX file 312108usa8.exe is itself a Windows file, i.e. will not run at a DOS prompt, thus is of no value to someone prevented by the NDIS error from installing Windows. (MS did not respond when notified of this approx. 2003. . . ) That's simple enough to work around, if you have access to another computer with a floppy drive, preferably with WinZip installed on it. Save the update 312108usa8.exe to that other computer (friend, library, whatever), then right-click it and select Open with WinZip. In WinZip, extract the single file, ndis.vxd, to a floppy disk, then bring the floppy to the problem computer, copy the file from the floppy to the Windows\System folder using the COPY command from DOS, and overwrite the existing file. But there are random factors as well. The NDIS problem (in my experience) occurred at one of the reboots integral to installation of Win98 (and may have been a divide-by-zero error but by persistence I found that at the 6th or 8th attempt the error simply did not occur and installation completed normally. Well, if the error occurs during installation, it makes it more difficult, but you may be able to pause the installer while you perform the switch I describe above. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm |
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"glee" wrote in message ... replies inline..... "Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... "glee" wrote in message ... Windows protection error in NDIS with a CPU that is faster than 2.1 GHz http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108 The issue is only supposed to occur with Win98 original version (First Edition, or FE), not with Win98SE (Second Edition). Is your processor 2.1GHz or faster? Are you installing Win98, or Win98SE? For Win98FE, there was a hotfix available to correct this, but MS pulled all special hotfixes when the Win98 support period ended, despite repeated requests from a number of MVPs that they keep the hotfixes available.....their legal department nixed the idea. The hotfix (for Win98FE only) used to be available from other sources online...Google for the file named: 312108usa8.exe and you will likely find some sources for it. As untrusted sources, you must check them for viruses and other malware. The catch is that the NDIS FIX file 312108usa8.exe is itself a Windows file, i.e. will not run at a DOS prompt, thus is of no value to someone prevented by the NDIS error from installing Windows. (MS did not respond when notified of this approx. 2003. . . ) That's simple enough to work around, if you have access to another computer with a floppy drive, preferably with WinZip installed on it. Save the update 312108usa8.exe to that other computer (friend, library, whatever), then right-click it and select Open with WinZip. In WinZip, extract the single file, ndis.vxd, to a floppy disk, then bring the floppy to the problem computer, copy the file from the floppy to the Windows\System folder using the COPY command from DOS, and overwrite the existing file. But there are random factors as well. The NDIS problem (in my experience) occurred at one of the reboots integral to installation of Win98 (and may have been a divide-by-zero error but by persistence I found that at the 6th or 8th attempt the error simply did not occur and installation completed normally. Well, if the error occurs during installation, it makes it more difficult, but you may be able to pause the installer while you perform the switch I describe above. The win98 patch has a self-extracing switch option /c /t:path so you don't even need winzip. The fast cpu patch for win95 was the same. of course IIRC it still has a gui-based interface that needs to run |
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"philo" wrote in message ...
"glee" wrote in message replies inline..... "Don Phillipson" wrote in message Windows protection error in NDIS with a CPU that is faster than 2.1 GHz http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108 The issue is only supposed to occur with Win98 original version (First Edition, or FE), not with Win98SE (Second Edition). Is your processor 2.1GHz or faster? Are you installing Win98, or Win98SE? For Win98FE, there was a hotfix available to correct this, but MS pulled all special hotfixes when the Win98 support period ended, despite repeated requests from a number of MVPs that they keep the hotfixes available.....their legal department nixed the idea. The hotfix (for Win98FE only) used to be available from other sources online...Google for the file named: 312108usa8.exe and you will likely find some sources for it. As untrusted sources, you must check them for viruses and other malware. The catch is that the NDIS FIX file 312108usa8.exe is itself a Windows file, i.e. will not run at a DOS prompt, thus is of no value to someone prevented by the NDIS error from installing Windows. (MS did not respond when notified of this approx. 2003. . . ) That's simple enough to work around, if you have access to another computer with a floppy drive, preferably with WinZip installed on it. Save the update 312108usa8.exe to that other computer (friend, library, whatever), then right-click it and select Open with WinZip. In WinZip, extract the single file, ndis.vxd, to a floppy disk, then bring the floppy to the problem computer, copy the file from the floppy to the Windows\System folder using the COPY command from DOS, and overwrite the existing file. But there are random factors as well. The NDIS problem (in my experience) occurred at one of the reboots integral to installation of Win98 (and may have been a divide-by-zero error but by persistence I found that at the 6th or 8th attempt the error simply did not occur and installation completed normally. Well, if the error occurs during installation, it makes it more difficult, but you may be able to pause the installer while you perform the switch I describe above. The win98 patch has a self-extracing switch option /c /t:path so you don't even need winzip. The fast cpu patch for win95 was the same. of course IIRC it still has a gui-based interface that needs to run Yes, you can use the command line switches to extract the files. However, you don't need to run any gui-based interface to copy the updated ndis.vxd from the location you extract the files, to the Windows\System folder. All you need is the DOS COPY command. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
... The hotfix (for Win98FE only) used to be available from other sources online...Google for the file named: 312108usa8.exe and you will likely find some sources for it. . . . The catch is that the NDIS FIX file 312108usa8.exe is itself a Windows file, i.e. will not run at a DOS prompt, thus is of no value to someone prevented by the NDIS error from installing Windows. (MS did not respond when notified of this approx. 2003. . . ) "glee" wrote in message ... That's simple enough to work around, if you have access to another computer with a floppy drive, preferably with WinZip installed on it. Save the update 312108usa8.exe to that other computer (friend, library, whatever), then right-click it and select Open with WinZip. In WinZip, extract the single file, ndis.vxd, to a floppy disk, then bring the floppy to the problem computer, copy the file from the floppy to the Windows\System folder using the COPY command from DOS, and overwrite the existing file. OK, we are very nearly there thanks to GV, but not quite. . . . Details to be posted later with the Final Solution. MS file 312108usa8.exe runs in Safe Mode and writes to c:\windows\system the NDIS.VXD file (version 4.10.2224.) The catch is that there are earlier versions (mostly 4.10.1998) in the instal CDs (in NET9.CAB) and during the OS instal process these overwrite c:\windows\system\NDIS.VXD even if the new file has been put there and made RO. So . . . What DOS tool can be used to compact the good NDIS.VXD and put it into NET9.CAB (already copied to the hard drive.) This seems well worth trying. (I won't say how many times installation crapped out at the first reboot, because I do not understand how, years ago, installation of Win98FE on a 2.8 GHz PC worked OK at the 5th or 6th trial . . . Once that is done, results can be neatly summarized (with a note on multiple variants of NDIS.VXD) and we can keep Win98 running until the cows come home. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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in Safe Mode and writes to c:\windows\system the NDIS.VXD file (version 4.10.2224.) The catch is that there are earlier versions (mostly 4.10.1998) in the instal CDs (in NET9.CAB) and during the OS instal process these overwrite c:\windows\system\NDIS.VXD even if the new file has been put there and made RO. So . . . What DOS tool can be used to compact the good NDIS.VXD and put it into NET9.CAB (already copied to the hard drive.) This seems well worth trying. (I won't say how many times installation crapped out at the first reboot, because I do not understand how, years ago, installation of Win98FE on a 2.8 GHz PC worked OK at the 5th or 6th trial . . . Once that is done, results can be neatly summarized (with a note on multiple variants of NDIS.VXD) and we can keep Win98 running until the cows come home. I live in the state of Wisconsin... Cows come home pretty frequently here... thus no win98 on fast machines grin |
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
... "Don Phillipson" wrote in message ... The hotfix (for Win98FE only) used to be available from other sources online...Google for the file named: 312108usa8.exe and you will likely find some sources for it. . . . The catch is that the NDIS FIX file 312108usa8.exe is itself a Windows file, i.e. will not run at a DOS prompt, thus is of no value to someone prevented by the NDIS error from installing Windows. (MS did not respond when notified of this approx. 2003. . . ) "glee" wrote in message ... That's simple enough to work around, if you have access to another computer with a floppy drive, preferably with WinZip installed on it. Save the update 312108usa8.exe to that other computer (friend, library, whatever), then right-click it and select Open with WinZip. In WinZip, extract the single file, ndis.vxd, to a floppy disk, then bring the floppy to the problem computer, copy the file from the floppy to the Windows\System folder using the COPY command from DOS, and overwrite the existing file. OK, we are very nearly there thanks to GV, but not quite. . . . Details to be posted later with the Final Solution. MS file 312108usa8.exe runs in Safe Mode and writes to c:\windows\system the NDIS.VXD file (version 4.10.2224.) The catch is that there are earlier versions (mostly 4.10.1998) in the instal CDs (in NET9.CAB) and during the OS instal process these overwrite c:\windows\system\NDIS.VXD even if the new file has been put there and made RO. So . . . What DOS tool can be used to compact the good NDIS.VXD and put it into NET9.CAB (already copied to the hard drive.) This seems well worth trying. (I won't say how many times installation crapped out at the first reboot, because I do not understand how, years ago, installation of Win98FE on a 2.8 GHz PC worked OK at the 5th or 6th trial . . . Once that is done, results can be neatly summarized (with a note on multiple variants of NDIS.VXD) and we can keep Win98 running until the cows come home. If there are any DOS tools that allow you to add or replace files in a .CAB file, I am not aware of them. Perhaps this can be manipulated to do what you want....I don't know: http://home.hiwaay.net/~pittman/arch..._cabinet_files The only consumer product I found that claims to be able to do this from Windows, is WinAce, which is not free: http://www.winace.com/ From their description: - compression of the following formats: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, JAVA JAR - decompression of: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR You *could* copy the .cab file in question from the one computer to a floppy, using DOS commands, then bring the .cab on the floppy to a Windows machine and use something like WinAce to replace the ndis.vxd in the .cab with the newer version, then copy the updated .cab back to the old computer from the floppy disk. That's all I've been able to come up with thus far. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.net/ http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm |
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