hello: i have a p4.3.0ghz, 1000 GB of ram, hard drive of 80 GB, creative sound blaster 5.1, ati raden x700 and an abit a17 motherboard. I'm trying to install windows95,98SE,ME and xp but in order of do that I need run windows 95, the problem is that I dont know how reduce the amount of ram to a minimum 16MB without need of change ram sticks. can someone help me with this problem? thanks for any help.
i was working on an abit ai7 last night and didn't see any way to reduce ram, nor have i ever heard of this being done just gotta pull one stick out of you have two, but if you have one stick then you won't be running win95 unless you buy a smaller one
Unless you plan on using some 3rd party boot loader, there is no way to dual boot Windows 95, 98 and ME. They will simply overwrite each other, or replace each other's boot files. Besides that, the Windows 9x family are very similar to each other. I can't see a reason why you would want to dual boot them. Just use Windows 98.
sorry mega, but i have a multi boot with 98 & me & xp basically i use a bootable CD (www.acronis.com) to set the active partition, then that partition boots when i set the BIOS to boot from IDE0
I don't think you can find drivers for 95 & 98 for your hardware. In any case, 95, 98 and ME are all basically the same OS, as they're all just an interface for DOS.
hi mega, being thinking, if you were meaning, multiple installs of win9x on a single partition, i think you are correct, but multiple installs of win9x on the same HDD is possible, separate partitions with a different copy of win9x on each partition
Okay, if you want to be anal about it Yes you can dual-boot Windows 95, 98 and ME, but you have to change the active partition everytime. Personally, I think that's too much work just to boot a few operating systems that are pretty much identical. An easier way to dual boot the 9x family is to use a 3rd Party boot loader. Again though, it just seems too much hassle
This could probably go without saying, but Linux can easily handle the bootloader situation with LILO or GRUB. That being said, I have no idea how you plan on providing drivers for your hardware for Windows 95, but there is a way to handle more than 512mb RAM on DOS-based versions of Windows (95, 95B, 98, 98SE, ME). It's a bit of a hack, but it works. "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed SYMPTOMS If a computer that is running any of the versions of Windows that are listed above contains more than 512 megabytes (for example, 768 megabytes) of physical memory (RAM), you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: • You may be unable to open an MS-DOS session (or command prompt) while Windows is running. Attempts to do so may generate the following error message: There is not enough memory available to run this program. Quit one or more programs, and then try again. • The computer may stop responding (hang) while Windows is starting, or halt and display the following error message: Insufficient memory to initialize windows. Quit one or more memory-resident programs or remove unnecessary utilities from your Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files, and restart your computer. CAUSE The Windows 32-bit protected-mode cache driver (Vcache) determines the maximum cache size based on the amount of RAM that is present when Windows starts. Vcache then reserves enough memory addresses to permit it to access a cache of the maximum size so that it can increase the cache to that size if needed. These addresses are allocated in a range of virtual addresses from 0xC0000000 through 0xFFFFFFFF (3 to 4 gigabytes) known as the system arena. On computers with large amounts of RAM, the maximum cache size can be large enough that Vcache consumes all of the addresses in the system arena, leaving no virtual memory addresses available for other functions such as opening an MS-DOS prompt (creating a new virtual machine). WORKAROUNDS To work around this problem, use one of the following methods: • Use the MaxFileCache setting in the System.ini file to reduce the maximum amount of memory that Vcache uses to 512 megabytes (524,288 KB) or less. For additional information about how to use the MaxFileCache setting, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 108079 32-Bit File Access Maximum Cache Size • Use the System Configuration utility to limit the amount of memory that Windows uses to 512 megabytes (MB) or less.For additional information about how to use the System Configuration utility, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 181966 System Configuration Utility Advanced Troubleshooting Settings • Reduce the amount of memory that is installed in your computer to 512 MB or less.
