Mati96

BTW Ive seen some people recommend MaxPhysPage=40000 If you can explain- what is the difference between that and what you recommend I do. Thanks

Got it. THX B)

Hey- thanks guys- this worked for me on a similar problem I was having. The help is much appreciated.

Ok, heads up- issue appears to be fixed. Followed the advice from the post next door... http://www.msfn.org/board/a-big-problem-t120273.html Thanks folks! M

Jaclaz, thanks very much for taking the time to offer the valuable advice. I can get to DOS command line. I have tried each of the debug switches listed, but to no avail. I have also checked the page you referenced: http://www.mdgx.com/newtip10.htm but unfortunately it is not applicable in my case, as my system does not have a registry entry C:\NODMA.REG HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ENUM\ESDI to change. safe mode boots do not help either. I have attempted a step-by-step boot, and determined the system would hang after attempting to read msmouse.vxd I have researched this issue online and have come across recommendations in this discussion http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/2814.shtml I tried: - removing msmouse.vxd element from system.ini by using the edit command in the command prompt (changing the line under [386Enh] from mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd to say: This results in another crash at boot. This time when I do a step-by-step I do not even get to the msmouse.vxd step- the boot stops after approving the previous step: c:\windows\system\vfixd.vxd (the previous steps being to load vrtwd.386 and javasup.vxd) This leads me to believe that the mouse virtual device driver is not the core of the issue. -I also tried removing the mouse from loading altogether but still the same thing. - I also tried not loading varous other elements in the step-by-step but no success I came across a post that recommended removing the ENUM entries entirely from the registry as it appeared to work for someone else. http://www.geeknewz.com/board/lofiversion/...x.php/t621.html I edited the registry and deleted the ENUM entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (it was a small pain since I only have DOS to work with- but doable per instructions on how to edit the Registry file from the DOS prompt obtained here: http://www.geocities.com/politalk/win95/regdos.htm) This did not help either. Next, I came across information that some copies of Windows98SE have a glitch due to which 7 vxd drivers fail to install. Conveniently the site offers these for us. http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files007.shtml Unfortunately instead of offering the seven individual missing .vxd files all that is offered is an executable.... WTF...- never heard of freepctech.com, so Id rather just find out what the seven missing vxd files are and input them manually direct from the installation CD. But So now I am out of ideas and I am looking for anyone else that may have experienced a similar problem. My FAT32 partition is well below the barrier (although the hard drive itself is 160GB). I dont think its a partitioning issue, since the Windows 98SE CD install went through smoothly and the boot begins fine, and only stops after reaching I GREATLY appreciate any further advice you guys have to offer. Mati

Hi folks, I recently decided to add a Win 98 Second Edition to my T42 laptop, which has a set of features pretty much identical to the one listed here: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t115726.html That post is a bit helpful, but it does not pertain to the problem I am having. To recap, my specs are as follows: * Pentium M 745 1.8GHz Processor * 1GB RAM * 160GB 5400rpm HDD * 14.1 SXGA+(1400x1050) TFT LCD * 64MB ATI Radeon 9600 AGP 4x * 24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive * Intel 802.11b/g wireless(MPCI) * Bluetooth/Modem(CDC) * 1Gb Ethernet(LOM) * UltraNav * Secure Chip * Fingerprint Reader * 6 cell Li-Ion Battery I set up the system as a dual boot, and allocated a bit over 10GB for the FAT32 Windows partition, with the rest allocated to another non-conflicting OS., I tried a vanilla install, which went well, it appeared to complete, asked me to reboot the system, upon reboot Windows began to load off the hard drive, but unfortunately about 10 seconds into the load period the screen went blank and then rebooted. This has happened in normal and safe modes. So I cant get Win98 to complete the installation as I am able to install teh files off the CD and able to start it up off the hard drive but the hard drive boot inevitably keeps crashing about 10-15 secs into the boot time. So I tried tinkering, I reviewed the drivers page her http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss...ocid=MIGR-55386 to see f they can offer anything,a s well as reading up on forums such as this, though I could not find anyone with similar past issues, or maybe just did nto use the right search terms. In particular I took note of the http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss...ocid=MIGR-44220 which offers "Windows 98 installation support" and I created a dedicated WIN98 folder on my C: drive and added the installation support file they specified, and then I tried installing direct from disk with the additional file. Again I was successful to the point of reboot, the system started loading fromt he hard drive with the familiar blue windows screen and then it crashed about 10 seconds into it. My suspicion is that perhaps a) I need to slip stream the Video driver into the install CD (dont really know how to go about doing that) - but then again if that is the issue then I should not be seeing the load screen to begin with. B) perhaps I need to install a non OEM windows 98 SE? c) Maybe there is something I am doing completely wrong. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I can try next? Thanks for any help. M