himem.sys error with WIN98 startup disk

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ssb - 03 Mar 2005 11:13 GMT

Am attemping to install Win98 on older PC using a win98 bootdisk and WIN98
CD. Have 96 KB memory; loading as 640K base and rest extended. Setup goes
through scandisk and then I'm receiving the following error: "standard mode
cannot run because of a problem with your extended memory manager. Try
reconfiguring your memory manager, or replacing it with HIMEM.SYS. If you
are using HIMEM.SYS, you need to reconfiugure it or obtain a newer version."

I've checked config.sys on bootdisk. It does contain the DEVICE=himem.sys
line.

What next?

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Don Phillipson - 03 Mar 2005 18:01 GMT

> Am attemping to install Win98 on older PC using a win98 bootdisk and WIN98
> CD. Have 96 KB memory; loading as 640K base and rest extended. Setup goes
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> I've checked config.sys on bootdisk. It does contain the DEVICE=himem.sys
> line.

This instruction requires that HIMEM.SYS be on A:
Is it?

Corruption of C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS may be the
commonest cause of faillure to boot from the hard
drive, easiest remedied by having a spare copy on
a write-protected boot floppy, ready to copy over.
But you probably have backups in C:\Windows\Command
or in your EBD folder.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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Ben Myers - 03 Mar 2005 23:42 GMT

Try creating a new boot disk.
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Ben

> Am attemping to install Win98 on older PC using a win98 bootdisk and WIN98
> CD. Have 96 KB memory; loading as 640K base and rest extended. Setup goes
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>
> What next?

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glee - 04 Mar 2005 03:57 GMT

Create a bootdisk by inserting the Windows CD in any computer running Windows (such
as a friend's or one at the library), cancel setup if it starts, then browse the CD
to the \tools\mtsutil\fat32ebd folder, and double-click the file namedfat32ebd.exe,
and follow the prompts. Use the boot diskette it creates to boot your computer, and
format the hard drive using the command:
format c:
Don't use the /s switch if you are installing from the CD.

Post back if you still get errors.

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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

> Am attemping to install Win98 on older PC using a win98 bootdisk and WIN98
> CD. Have 96 KB memory; loading as 640K base and rest extended. Setup goes
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> What next?

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ssb - 23 Mar 2005 14:35 GMT

Created, booted from the fat32ebd disk; formatted c:. Got the following
error when tried to install Windows 98SE:
Standard Mode:
Unkown stack in fault dispatcher
Fault: 0044 Stack Dump 1163 1E30 0053

> Create a bootdisk by inserting the Windows CD in any computer running Windows (such
> as a friend's or one at the library), cancel setup if it starts, then browse the CD
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> >
> > What next?

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