RJARRRPCGP Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 With Windows 98 SE, (probably other versions of Windows 9x too)if the swap file is set to bigger than 768 MB, Windows then refuses to continue with the error message saying that there's insufficient memory to run Windows and to disable some stuff in config.sys and autoexec.bat.But, the swap file isn't physical memory! So why does that matter? This is NOT RAM I'm talking about, it's just the swap file size! Has anyone else seen this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 With Windows 98 SE, (probably other versions of Windows 9x too)if the swap file is set to bigger than 768 MB, Windows then refuses to continue with the error message saying that there's insufficient memory to run Windows and to disable some stuff in config.sys and autoexec.bat.Certainly not with WinME as I always have a swap of fixed size (1GB) and never got such a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooMuchFreeTime Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I have run Windows 98 SE for years with fixed 1GB swapfile and never had any problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elektrik Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 RJARRRPCGPDo you have Win98 installed on FAT or FAT32 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewan Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 With Windows 98 SE, (probably other versions of Windows 9x too)if the swap file is set to bigger than 768 MB, Windows then refuses to continue with the error message saying that there's insufficient memory to run Windows and to disable some stuff in config.sys and autoexec.bat.But, the swap file isn't physical memory! So why does that matter? This is NOT RAM I'm talking about, it's just the swap file size! Has anyone else seen this?Are you experimenting to find the upper limit, or do you need a fixed sizeswap file that large? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 RJARRRPCGPDo you have Win98 installed on FAT or FAT32 ?FAT32With Windows 98 SE, (probably other versions of Windows 9x too)if the swap file is set to bigger than 768 MB, Windows then refuses to continue with the error message saying that there's insufficient memory to run Windows and to disable some stuff in config.sys and autoexec.bat.But, the swap file isn't physical memory! So why does that matter? This is NOT RAM I'm talking about, it's just the swap file size! Has anyone else seen this?Are you experimenting to find the upper limit, or do you need a fixed sizeswap file that large?I discovered this by accident when wondering which fixed swap file size to set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 My swapfile is set to 1024/1024 and I've had no problems with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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