Boot disk versions

The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD drive
enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.

When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE, it
just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?

ms

ms wrote:
The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD drive
enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.

When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE, it
just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?

ms


Copy the floppy with the RAM drive capability and delete the RAM drive
command(s) and command(s) that copy files to it from the AUTOEXEC.BAT or
CONFIG.SYS startup files.

Is the presence of the RAM drive really so much of a problem? You would
have to be using a rather old computer for the memory usage to be
inhibiting the availability of Extended or Expanded memory to a DOS
application. The only likely issue would be conventional memory
availability, which could probably be relieved with a bit of work with
HIMEM.SYS parameters and changing driver commands to load them into the
high memory area. Sometimes these techniques can make a Windows 95/98
virtual machine compatible with a DOS application that normally
complains of low conventional memory.

The Windows 98 SE Custom bootdisk at
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm does what you want. Please
note that the CD is assigned drive letter "R:".

Ben

"ms" wrote in message ...
The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD drive
enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.

When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE, it
just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?

ms

ms, please email me at postmaster02 at comcast.net, I'd like to discuss
something private with you. I would have emailed you if your past ones sent to
me were still there with an emal addy.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


ms wrote:
The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD drive
enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.

When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE, it
just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?

ms

There's a way to do that right on the Windows installation CD.
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186892/en-us

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"ms" wrote in message ...
The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD drive
enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.

When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE, it
just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?

ms

You can make a floppy boot disk with the Fat32ebd.exe file located on the
W98 CD: tools/mtsutil/fat32ebd

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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



"ms" wrote in message ...
The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD drive
enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.

When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE, it
just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?

ms

Just a simple query: did Mike end up Okay?

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MEB
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"Brian A." gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
...
| ms, please email me at postmaster02 at comcast.net, I'd like to discuss
| something private with you. I would have emailed you if your past ones
sent to
| me were still there with an emal addy.
|
| --
|
| Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
| Conflicts start where information lacks.
| http://basconotw.mvps.org/
|
| Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
|
|
| ms wrote:
| The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD
drive
| enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.
|
| When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE,
it
| just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.
|
| Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?
|
| ms
|

ms wrote in :

The boot disk created by W98SE when used, gives an initial menu "CD
drive enabled, etc. It also creates a RAM drive, which I don't need.

When I go to bootdisks.com, and get an "improved" boot disk for W98SE,
it just boots to an A prompt. No CD enable.

Where to get a bootdisk w/o ramdrive and include CD drive enabled?

ms


Thanks to all

ms