win98 se problem

by Snowy Jul 25, 2007 6:26AM PDT

Hi,
I installed win98 se on a pc, but on restarting, the pc freezes at the startup screen, which states "starting windows for the first time". I have uninstalled and reinstalled the os 3 times but it always freezes at the same point! What am I doing wrong?
I have checked the forums but cannot see a similar problem.
any help appreciated.
(this is a project I am trying out) badly!!

amd athlone64 sk939 cpu
1 gb ram
400W psu
MSI motherboard k8n
geforce 5300 pci-e

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Re: windows 98 hanging.

by Kees Bakker Jul 25, 2007 6:45AM PDT

The secret could be that Windows 98 only supports up to 512 Mb. Remove half of the memory and see if that works.

Once it works, you can go into the General Tab of msconfig and use that to limit the memory to 512 Mb. Then - of you like - you can put in the other 512 Mb so you won't lose it. But it won't be functional at all.

Are you sure you can get drivers for Windows 98 for all the features offered by this mobo: http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=k8n_neo2_platinum

Hopet his helps.

Kees

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windows 98 hanging

by Snowy Jul 25, 2007 8:56AM PDT

Thanks Kees,
After your reply I checked the mobo on the msi site and found that due to the limitations of the nforce chip the mobo cannot work with win98 or me, your answer concerning the amount of ram I had, is taken on board, I have an old asrock mobo, I'll try my project on that. i'll post my results no matter what!
the systems I have running are:
win3.1
win95
winxp pro (32)
win vista ultimate (32)
they all run, so I thought I would try and get win98 se running.

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Possible RAM Drive with extra memory

by skycatcher Jul 27, 2007 10:01PM PDT

Probably have to get advice from Kees on this....

...but, after 98 is up and running, it may be possible to use any extra RAM as a RAM Drive so, after boot-up, you can store stuff (possibly games) in there for ultra high speed access.

Never had the memory to try this myself so can you advise us Kees ?

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(NT) I don't think it will work, but it's worth a try.

by Kees Bakker Jul 28, 2007 4:57AM PDT

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RAM Drive on 98se

by skycatcher Jul 28, 2007 9:07AM PDT

There are several programs out there, costing about $25, for several different OS's, including 98 - THIS ONE can emulate 1.44 & 2.88 Floppy drives as well as a HDD.

There is an INTERESTING ARTICLE here that tells you how to go about it without a third party program.

Near the bottom of THIS ARTICLE you can see the Ramdrive.sys parameters. Looks like you won't get more than 32Megs.

PLEASE message me if anyone gets it going OK. I need some more real RAM before I can try it.

Mike

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Just to let you know...

by Me, Myself and You Jul 28, 2007 11:42AM PDT

Windows 98 and 95 cant run on the same computer. They cancel each other out.

Also, Kees, dont know if you knew this or not, but you can easily run Windows 9x on more than 512Megabytes of RAM by altering System.INI. Use Google, for that info, kids.

Says, Kees, for a Sysadmin, you don't know too much do ya..?

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Thanks for the correction.

by Kees Bakker Jul 29, 2007 1:18AM PDT

This is the link with all info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253912
But the OP must first remove everything above 512 Mb before he can do the first trick (limiting vcache).

Kees

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Yes..

by Me, Myself and You Jul 30, 2007 1:12PM PDT

Yes but once you have removed the extra, you can alter System.INI to accommodate AND USE as much RAM as you'd like. Just cos Microsoft is finickity about bending the rules a bit doesnt mean its impossible. I don't run Windows 9x on modern hardware for no reason..

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Win98 Freezes on starting for first time after clean install

by twa14 Jan 4, 2008 9:17PM PST

I had the same problem. Solved by adding Device = C:\windows\Himem.sys and Device = C:\windows\emm386.exe to config.sys file

Good Luck

twa14

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