Win 98/Fat32 can handle a 17gig partition? Or did I misunderstand.
As for your lockups, it reminds me of two similar things:
1) my daughter's (now dead) pc, an AMD 100mhz 486 clone.
Would only boot Win 95 the way you say - step through the
boot confirming each entry. It was a timing problem, but
the only way I could ever solve it was to knock it back
to 66mhz (and that AMD was a dog at 66mhz, too).
2) My current Tyan mobo has never been able to boot Win 95
though I've never had trouble with NT. I have not taken time to
investigate very far, as I don't need to run 95 on that PC.
However, I had all the bios timings set at their most
agressive, which was probably a mistake. I've since backed
them off but still haven't got back to check into it. I actually
changed its guts when I gave my wife's old pc to my daughter
a couple of weeks ago, so it has STRANGE DISKS in it right
now, owing to an unfriendly lightning bolt a few months back.
I repaired NT, but didn't attempt to repair Win95. It's
my primary domain controller, so I'd miss it if it were gone
<gg>.
Anyhow, the point is you may be outrunning the memory capability.
CAS2 maybe, on CAS3 memory (or are you running 66mhz memory
at 100mhz like Dave? <g> Sean will get you if you are <gg>),
or some other bios timing setting. Not as much of that in
these later chipsets.
More likely, though, you need to up the voltage a trifle.
Have you tried 2.1v?
To heck with it, I'm going to watch the Superbowl. I'm not
too interested, but there's a 6-pack in the fridge ... |
