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Error: Program too big
Name: netman67 Date: October 17, 2003 at 20:54:23 Pacific OS: DOS 6.22 CPU/Ram: 75MHz / 24MB
Comment:
I want to install windows 3.1 on my old Thinkpad 755CX. I'm running Dos 6.22 and every time I start setup to install windows 3.1 it gives an error that "Program is too big to fit in memory". Here I would like to mention that Himem and Emm386 are running and I have 617KB of conventional memory [mem /c/p]. No matter how I change my config.sys the same error appears. Please help.
Name: Wengier Date: October 18, 2003 at 06:06:17 Pacific
Reply:
The file win.com may be corrupt.
BTW, if you want to get more conventional memory, then please upgrade to MS-DOS 7.10, since MS-DOS 7.10 can load its kernel and COMMAND into UMB memory automatically.
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Response Number 3
Name: Mstr Date: October 18, 2003 at 09:16:01 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure that the file himem.sys is in your DOS directory (if not, you can download it in Google). Add this line at your config.sys
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
config.sys is located in the root directory of your startup drive (ussually c:) and probably hide. Mstr
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Response Number 4
Name: Wengier Date: October 18, 2003 at 10:32:31 Pacific
Reply:
Mstr,
I believe you didn't read his post carefully. He has already said:
"Here I would like to mention that Himem and Emm386 are running and I have 617KB of conventional memory [mem /c/p]. No matter how I change my config.sys the same error appears."
The most possible reason I think is that the Windows setup file is corrupt or the system is not very stable.
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Response Number 5
Name: k_semler Date: October 19, 2003 at 20:46:37 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried running MEMMAKER? It seems to help allocation of base memory a lot better than the default MSDOS install does. You may free up enough to install Windows.
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Response Number 6
Name: Mstr Date: October 23, 2003 at 07:27:28 Pacific
Reply:
Ok Wengier, you're all right but for me himem.sys is the best high memory manager, i've having very big troubles with emm386.exe and i don`t like it. Ahh... better yet is the version of himem coming with wfwg311, i don`t know how it works but is more stable and my laptop never shows me a low memory message. Mstr
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