----- Original Message ----- From: "rb47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:11 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Anyway of limiting memory with dos command (EMM386and similar)???
> Jorge, > > That will not work, as it seems, a number of other things that are > supposed to work do not, including all the stuff from the MS support > area. > > The problem I am running into is that my current system has 512 Megs of > ram - BUT what I am trying to do is add another 512 Megs of ram for use > by my WinXP operations. > > The problem comes with Win98, which I need for various operations as > well - IF you add the additional 512 Megs of ram, for a total of 1 Gig, > Win98 will not operate or properly. > > Unfortunately, trying all the tricks shown on MS's web site, for > limiting things in the system.ini file, with entries in [386Emm] and > [vcache], resulted in total disaster, including one situation that > required my reinstalling the whole OS from scratch. > > This also included doing as you sugguested - running msconfig and under > advanced, setting the max memory that Win98 was to use. It does not work > when the system has more than 512 Megs of ram it would seem from what I > found. > > Since the sugguestions directly involving Win98 do not seem to work, the > reason for my asking if anyone has found a way by use of a memory > manager, such as EMM386, or similiar, to limit the amount of memory at > the DOS level that the system will actually be seeing for DOS and Win98. > > And if that is possible, then what parm(s)f and values would be used to > exlude all ram above 512 Megs. > > Ralph Any chance of using a RAM disk to use up a bunch of the memory? Would that work? Babs PS. Is this list moderated? Sometimes my replies take a day or so to come through (or not at all)... ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
