re: How to resolve "While initializing device IOS [Need more Resources]
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by David Bookbinder
(360 messages posted)
Actually, the problem doesn't appear to have been related to physical memory or to
system resources, but to the amount of memory available for device drivers in the
lower 640K. Loading everything "high" and uninstalling a couple of devices I don't
need anymore seems to have allowed enough room for the Brother (or maybe the Brother
USB) driver to load.
Thanks,
David
On Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 3:59 pm, gewg_ wrote:
>David Bookbinder wrote:
>|After installing a USB multifunction printer from Brother (DCP-130c),
>|
>Code scribblers these days *DO* produce
>bloated masses of self-congratulatory ego trips. 8-(
>
>|on startup I get the error:
>|"While initializing device IOS:
>|ERROR: Real mode system memory allocation failed."
>|
>As Keith noted, a post that that includes the word *memory*
>SHOULD include the **amount** of RAM in the box.
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1127247347
>
>...though, in _this_ case Keith, we're dealing with **Resources**.
>
>|I gather, from an Internet search,
>|that Windows is running out of memory loading drivers from the iosubsys folder.
>|However, I don't know how to avoid this problem,
>|as I need the driver to use the printer.
>|
>A useful entry on a hardware device's spec sheet would be
>**the amount of RAM that vendor's bloated device driver chews up**.
>The ancillary routines SHOULD be *callable* AS NEEDED. 8-(
>
>|How can I either increase available memory for drivers
>|
>Yeah. (Keith's misguided tack aside), you're in a bit of a pickle.
>cache of http://apptools.com/rants/resources.php
>
>...and, again, crappy code from semi-trained code monkeys doesn't help.
>cache of http://www.thpc.info/ram/resources.html
>
>J.R. (Pappy) had some good suggestions:
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1128961316
>
>|or figure out what drivers are being loaded that I don't actually need
>|and remove them, so I can use this printer?
>|
>http://www.google.com/search?q="view.installed.drivers"
>
>...and if some hardware device is attached to the system
>and there ISN'T a device driver installed for that, Windoze WILL pitch a fit at
Startup
>EVERY time.
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