Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

[Guest mm]

Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

 

I increaded my ram from 512K to 1.5 gig, and I got this message at the

end of autoexect.bat, but I wasn't concerned because on this group or

some other I had seen it discused already:

 

When initializing device V86MNGR?: Insufficient memory to initialize

windows. Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove

unnecessary utilites from your config.sys or autoexec.bat and restart

your computer.

 

I found the message on the web and the fix it said was to

 

Use the MaxFileCache setting in the System.ini file to reduce the

maximum amount of memory that Vcache uses to 512 megabytes (524,288

KB) or less.

 

So I did that in the [Vcache] section,

 

MaxFileCache=524288.

 

but nothing changed. I think I must be doing something stupid. I

can get into windows by getting rid of config.sys.

 

Config.sys is here:

 

device=C:\WINDOWS\himem.sys /testmem:off

device=c:\windows\emm386.exe /noems

device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001

device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001

 

files=60

buffers=30

dos=high,umb

stacks=9,256

devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\ramdrive.sys /E 2048

lastdrive=z

 

Does any of this use so much memory? Is any of it bad? I don't

remember why I have those two mscd001 lines.

 

Surely some of the lines are worth having? :)

 

I havent been using dos much lately, but I used to use it all the time

and want to go back to using it.

 

Thanks.

 

If you are inclined to email me

for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)

[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

 

mm <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

 

When you go over 512MB RAM in Win98, you need to adjust the system.ini

file:

 

Start - Run - sysedit

Select System.ini

Look for [vcache]

Enter: MaxFileCache=512000

 

That restricts the size of the file cache. Without that it will eat up

too much memory and not leave enough for the OS.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(DTS)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

[Guest roman modic]

Re: Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

 

Hello!

 

"mm" <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:racqg3hs765d0ac7ubc94ul8svfpdktth3@4ax.com...

> Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

>

> I increaded my ram from 512K to 1.5 gig, and I got this message at the

 

http://members.aol.com/rloew1/Programs/Patchm.htm

 

HTH, Roman

[Guest Buffalo]

Re: Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

 

 

"roman modic" <modicr@astral-it.com> wrote in message

news:%23VoUAoFDIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Hello!

>

> "mm" <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com> wrote in message

news:racqg3hs765d0ac7ubc94ul8svfpdktth3@4ax.com...

> > Added more than 512Meg Ram, now no windows!

> >

> > I increaded my ram from 512K to 1.5 gig, and I got this message at the

>

> http://members.aol.com/rloew1/Programs/Patchm.htm

>

> HTH, Roman

 

Just what might that program do that a few lines in System.ini won't

accomplish?