[TRLog] Conventional memory and FAT32

Jim Leahy jleahy@norwich.net
Sun, 27 Feb 2000 06:03:32 -0500


Robert, what happens when you press F8 and select Command prompt only when
Windows starts to boot up? That should do it for you.
Jim K2JL
jleahy@norwich.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Brandon" <rbrandon@austin.ibm.com>
To: <trlog@contesting.com>
Cc: "Tom Whiteside (E-mail)" <n5tw@igg-tx.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 11:12 PM
Subject: [TRLog] Conventional memory and FAT32


>
> I want to boot a Windows 98 machine to DOS with a floppy disk in order to
> run TR.  I formatted a floppy with W98 and included the system files.
Only
> problem is, I get about 522K of conventional memory because of a 125K
SYSTEM
> file that's loading into conventional memory.  When TR starts, it shows
32K,
> well below the 100K that's recommended.
>
> I tried making a boot disk with W95 and with DOS 6.22, but those failed to
> see the FAT32 partition.  I think my next step is to make a boot disk with
> W95 SR2.  Am I on the right path?  Any other ideas?
>
> Robert K5PI



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