Force win2k install on PC 20MB RAM
I tried to install win2k on my old p75 (486 with overdrive) but it stops complaining about not enough (32MB) ram. Anyway to force it install?.
I tried to install win2k on my old p75 (486 with overdrive) but it stops complaining about not enough (32MB) ram. Anyway to force it install?
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Well, how do I force it then, just for fun?
I guess I can get my grubby little rat-claws on more ram but not yet. The PC is right now equipped with win95 and connected to my PC and to my brothers PC and it would be fun to have a real stable OS on it )
Ok more ram I have a 16MB chip and a 4MB chip, Ill ask my friend see if I can have his RAM from his old 486 (he just got a new PC)
I guess I can get my grubby little rat-claws on more ram but not yet. The PC is right now equipped with win95 and connected to my PC and to my brothers PC and it would be fun to have a real stable OS on it )
Ok more ram I have a 16MB chip and a 4MB chip, Ill ask my friend see if I can have his RAM from his old 486 (he just got a new PC)
yes yes me too
oh it has 20 mb not 8
so how do I do it? how do I force it install? I tried setup /? to see what options where there but nothing to force it install
oh it has 20 mb not 8
so how do I do it? how do I force it install? I tried setup /? to see what options where there but nothing to force it install
GET MORE MEMORY. Why bother telling ya when your just going to stick more ram into it anyway and if you don't you sure as heck won't be using that computer with 20m of ram.
Open the txtsetup.sif file and edit the RequiredMemory line to whatever value you wish. I hope that's correct. Been awhile since I did it. Have fun.
Open the txtsetup.sif file and edit the RequiredMemory line to whatever value you wish. I hope that's correct. Been awhile since I did it. Have fun.
Hmmm...
You guys are making me feel nostalgic. I may have to go set up the old 486/33 (or 66, with either 4 or 8MB RAM, can't remember which) and NEC 13" MultiSync monitor, with Win 3.11 and DooM.
Jeeze, makes me wish I hadn't given away my old IBM 55sx with GeoWorks OS.
[This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 07 October 2000).]
You guys are making me feel nostalgic. I may have to go set up the old 486/33 (or 66, with either 4 or 8MB RAM, can't remember which) and NEC 13" MultiSync monitor, with Win 3.11 and DooM.
Jeeze, makes me wish I hadn't given away my old IBM 55sx with GeoWorks OS.
[This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 07 October 2000).]
Get more money and at least a P-133 or faster. Win2k simply will not function with less than 64M ram. If by some divine intervention, you forced it to install, it would probably fail to load, or you wouldn't even be able to load Windows Explorer. I had win98 installed on a machine with 16 megs ram, and removed 2 of the 4 meg simms. Win98 gave a black screen error message, saying there wasn't enough memory to load the kernel. So stop being cheap, and find a better rig.
Al right thanks for the directions DosFreak, I'm now installing it.
Its a 486 with an P75 overdrive, so I guess it IS a pentium yhen. Ok well I wonder how far Ill get hehe a friend of mine has a lot of old ram Ill see what i can get done
it is for a little Roger Wilco server you see, so me and my brother can talk to each other when we play Starcraft and such
Its a 486 with an P75 overdrive, so I guess it IS a pentium yhen. Ok well I wonder how far Ill get hehe a friend of mine has a lot of old ram Ill see what i can get done
it is for a little Roger Wilco server you see, so me and my brother can talk to each other when we play Starcraft and such
it took 3 hours to install, but its actually up and running!
I have two HDs, one 2GB and one 405MB, I put a 120 MB swap file on the 405MB harddisk and I got much less HD activity.
Well, it boots, and I can run VNC (cute little remote desktop control program) and Roger Wilco server, so the project was a success!
Thanks for the help, DOS Freak!
[This message has been edited by Gambler FEX online (edited 10 October 2000).]
I have two HDs, one 2GB and one 405MB, I put a 120 MB swap file on the 405MB harddisk and I got much less HD activity.
Well, it boots, and I can run VNC (cute little remote desktop control program) and Roger Wilco server, so the project was a success!
Thanks for the help, DOS Freak!
[This message has been edited by Gambler FEX online (edited 10 October 2000).]
Thanks sandvic yes it felt good seeing the log-on screen after 3hours of install and 1 hours boot (ok not that long but it seemed that long)
nono DosFreak I have no CD-ROM in that computer, I had all the installation files copied over LAN and on the HD and then installed from DOS. What took so timeis detecting hardware and setting up services and com+ and netwrork and all that stuff. It just stood there also one time for half an hour but fortunately for me I waited instead of reboot andit actually continued
when I get ADSL this little win2k system will be a fserve server or something
Yes Ill head over to ars technica and check their service disable walkthrough!
nono DosFreak I have no CD-ROM in that computer, I had all the installation files copied over LAN and on the HD and then installed from DOS. What took so timeis detecting hardware and setting up services and com+ and netwrork and all that stuff. It just stood there also one time for half an hour but fortunately for me I waited instead of reboot andit actually continued
when I get ADSL this little win2k system will be a fserve server or something
Yes Ill head over to ars technica and check their service disable walkthrough!
PS the sun-glasses icon was supposed to be the "big-grin" icon, sorry.
Thatsit i must lay off that alcohol a little more
