Actually 98 & ME will crash more frequently over 512MB. In order to use more than that you need to find the patch M$ released some time back. If you have that much RAM in a 98/ME box to begin with you're using the wrong OS. :)
Sorry, I'm no M$ Certified Tech Monkey. Mr O. --- Rodney Mishima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr O, > > I remember a few month ago, I maxed out the RAM on my old > Athlon at 1 GB. > > I was using a multi-boot setup with WinME, Win2k Pro, and SuSE > Pro 7.1 > > When I tried to boot WinME, its OS kernel failed to boot; > complained about > "too much RAM." The other OSes booted successfully. > > I do recall previously successfully booting WinME with 768 MB > of RAM, which > may be its limit. Maybe an M$ Certified expert can confirm > this? > > I assume that earlier Win9xs will have the same problem. This > should be an > innocent way to discourage use of older versions of Windows; > especially > with the latest, high performance hardware. The newer ones > cost more out of > pocket; and of course; the latest Win XP has the "product > activation" which > has been known to curb the enthusiasm of many M$ fans, whose > normal mode of > operation is known to M$ as "casual copying". > > > Rodney __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug