Dual O/s: Windows 98 startup problems

I have a dual O/S on my PC (1.5 G RAM): XP Home and Win 98. I had recently
upgraded my XP edition to Home.

Now when I try to start up Windows 98, it gives an error as follows: "Not
sufficient memory. Please edit your Autoexec.bat or remove entries from
Congi.sys and restart". I cannot even start it in Safe mode, as it gives the
same problem.

Please help.

Here's some info on ram you might find helpful:

768 mb or more of ram:

"Out of Memory" Errors with Large Amounts of RAM Installed [Q253912]
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q253912

This article contains instructions which basically say: add this line in
system.ini, under [vcache]: MaxFileCache=512000
***************************

1 gb or more of ram:

Error Message: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows [Q184447]
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q184447
***************************

1.5 gb or more of ram:

Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM [Q304943]
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q304943


--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Sohil Laad" wrote in message
...
I have a dual O/S on my PC (1.5 G RAM): XP Home and Win 98. I had recently
upgraded my XP edition to Home.

Now when I try to start up Windows 98, it gives an error as follows: "Not
sufficient memory. Please edit your Autoexec.bat or remove entries from
Congi.sys and restart". I cannot even start it in Safe mode, as it gives
the
same problem.

Please help.

Sohil Laad wrote:

I have a dual O/S on my PC (1.5 G RAM): XP Home and Win 98. I had recently
upgraded my XP edition to Home.

Now when I try to start up Windows 98, it gives an error as follows: "Not
sufficient memory. Please edit your Autoexec.bat or remove entries from
Congi.sys and restart". I cannot even start it in Safe mode, as it gives the
same problem.

Please help.


You will need to boot your Windows 98 to "Command Prompt Only" and add
the following lines to the system.ini file:

1. Add to the existing [vcache] section:
MaxFileCache=512000

2. Add to the existing [386enh] section:
MaxPhysPage=40000

The effects of these two entries will be that Windows 98 will only see
1 gb of the installed RAM. That is the most likely cause of the
problems that you are experiencing. Windows 98 is known to have
problems on computers with more than 1 gb of RAM and has never been
known to operate successfully on any computer with more than 1.5 gb of
RAM (unless MaxPhysPage is used).

Also Windows will be prevented from attempting to map more than 512 mb
of RAM for use as disk cache, which it might otherwise attempt to do.
This is something that would cause problems when running applications
but probably not at startup.

If the problems still persist then try reducing the MaxPhysPage entry
to 30000 or even 20000. There is no need to experiment with different
values for the MaxFileCache entry.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

Problem has been resolved.. Appreciate the support.

Thanks a lot.

"Ron Badour" wrote:

Here's some info on ram you might find helpful:

768 mb or more of ram:

"Out of Memory" Errors with Large Amounts of RAM Installed [Q253912]
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q253912

This article contains instructions which basically say: add this line in
system.ini, under [vcache]: MaxFileCache=512000
***************************

1 gb or more of ram:

Error Message: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows [Q184447]
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q184447
***************************

1.5 gb or more of ram:

Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM [Q304943]
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q304943


--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Sohil Laad" wrote in message
...
I have a dual O/S on my PC (1.5 G RAM): XP Home and Win 98. I had recently
upgraded my XP edition to Home.

Now when I try to start up Windows 98, it gives an error as follows: "Not
sufficient memory. Please edit your Autoexec.bat or remove entries from
Congi.sys and restart". I cannot even start it in Safe mode, as it gives
the
same problem.

Please help.

Problem has been resolved.. Appreciate the support.

Thanks a lot.

"Ron Martell" wrote:

Sohil Laad wrote:

I have a dual O/S on my PC (1.5 G RAM): XP Home and Win 98. I had recently
upgraded my XP edition to Home.

Now when I try to start up Windows 98, it gives an error as follows: "Not
sufficient memory. Please edit your Autoexec.bat or remove entries from
Congi.sys and restart". I cannot even start it in Safe mode, as it gives the
same problem.

Please help.


You will need to boot your Windows 98 to "Command Prompt Only" and add
the following lines to the system.ini file:

1. Add to the existing [vcache] section:
MaxFileCache=512000

2. Add to the existing [386enh] section:
MaxPhysPage=40000

The effects of these two entries will be that Windows 98 will only see
1 gb of the installed RAM. That is the most likely cause of the
problems that you are experiencing. Windows 98 is known to have
problems on computers with more than 1 gb of RAM and has never been
known to operate successfully on any computer with more than 1.5 gb of
RAM (unless MaxPhysPage is used).

Also Windows will be prevented from attempting to map more than 512 mb
of RAM for use as disk cache, which it might otherwise attempt to do.
This is something that would cause problems when running applications
but probably not at startup.

If the problems still persist then try reducing the MaxPhysPage entry
to 30000 or even 20000. There is no need to experiment with different
values for the MaxFileCache entry.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."