17-01-2005, 06:39 AM
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i recently partitioned a 20gb deLL inspiron (1100) Laptop with XP-home on the originaL partition. i then instaLLed win98 on the new partition & tried to instaLL & run "UnderWorLd" but i canNOT get past the "Not enough EMS..." error.When i go into the "uw.exe" "properties menu/memory-tab/EMS memory-detaiLs" I get the message "Third-party memory-management software has not been configured for expanded memory ...bLabLabLa". After googLing the probLem & searching through past forum postings here - i tried reconfiguring my "config.sys" file 5 different ways; tried running it thru the "dosBox"; & even tried writing a "pif" fiLe. But so far NOTHING is working! what makes this even more frustating is that I successfuLLy performed this same partitioning operation on my desktop & encountered no probLems with "UnderworLd" or any of the other oLd games i've downLoaded. The whoLe point of putting a win98 partition on my husband's Laptop is for the "gaming". i reaLLy hope somebody can heLp me get past this snag.
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17-01-2005, 07:43 AM
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well dosbox would work.
but no ems on a new pc is a common problem. it's caused by the bios taking up essential memory for the ems pageframe. There is one thing you can do about it.: Disable everything onboard in the bios: this includes network card/usb/usb legacy. then reboot and see if ems works. if it does you know the problem (one that can not be solved) else you can search futher.
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17-01-2005, 08:00 AM
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It isn't designed to work with Win98 - in fact I don't think it works at all with Win98. :blink: |
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17-01-2005, 08:08 AM
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back in the days, a lot of dos games gave people this kind of trouble (and worse) even though they had the right era of pc for the task.
dosbox solves all! |
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17-01-2005, 08:09 AM
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There are still some games that don't run in it! twist@ I didn't totally understand what you'd tried before so I assume you did try opening the program properties, going to the memory tab and setting the available EMS to the maximum! If not that might be worth a go! |
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17-01-2005, 08:58 AM
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>>>"twist@ I didn't totally understand what you'd tried before so I assume you did try opening the program properties, going to the memory tab and setting the available EMS to the maximum! If not that might be worth a go!"<<<
sorry, i kno i threw alot of info up in one breath (so to speak). Yes, i went into the memory tab after opening the program properties & it doesn't even give me the option of setting my EMS - it sez "the computer is not configured for expanded memory in ms-dos sessions." Then when i click on the "detaiLs" button i get the "third-party memory-management software has not been configured for expanded memory ..." that i mentioned in my first post. |
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