re: Partitioning space for windows 98 and xp/ install troubles with 98
Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 7:25 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Richard Harris
(270 messages posted)
As others have said, install win98 first, not second.
BUT, before trying to install win98 at all, go to the motherboard maker's support
site and see whether there is a complete set of win98 drivers for all the onboard
devices. Ditto for video card and sound card, if separate from motherboard.
If yes, download all of them and have them ready. Install win98, boot into sae mode,
then install the drivers.
If no, don't expect win98 to work.
As far as RAM is concerned, I recall there being a switch in 98 to limit the RAM
it used to less than the physical RAM for machines with more than 1Gig. Try this
MS solution:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304943/en-us
As an alternative to win98 you might consider a modern LINUX distrinbution, which
will likely install on Vista-compatible hardware. It will not run win98-type programs
(except possibly via the WINE emulator), but it also will not have some of XP's restrictions/quirks.
On Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 5:19 pm, Peter Biere wrote:
>Hi, I just recently built a computer and am trying to format it so that it runs
on
>98 and xp pro. I have been reading online that i should install 98 first then xp.
> I did it the other way around but caught myself and now am trying to install 98.
>
>I am installing everything with the default settings and doing everything they recommend.
>It was a little different in the partitioning setup menu then xp, but I had it partition
>the recommended space because I hadn't found anything giving the amount of space
>recommended.
>
>I am now at the point of initializing setup but when it does, gives me this error
>message and says (there is insufficient memory to initialize windows setup). Most
>of the times it gives me this message, or either it will just shut down. I don't
>know what to do. I have re-installed it 10 times over.
>
>What do I do?
>Is there something wrong with the way I may have tried to installed it?
>Could I have done something during the partitioning process.
>Could my motherboard not support this opperating system? All the specifications
>said were, (Vista ready)!
>
>I need help!
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