Windows 95 problem

[gaf at zk3.dec.com (Jerry Feldman)]

> Karl Hergenrother     <imagelab at world.std.com> wroteL
> I could not use LILO because the driver for my large hard driver 
> has taken residence in my MBR.
If your hard drive is using Disk Manager, then I strongly suggest that you get 
rid of it. It causes mega problems that I won't go into. I suggest that you do 
the following:
1. Install a very small DOS partition as Drive C, with the rest of the drive 
partitioned as you prefer. 
2. Install a minimum Windows 95 (for DOS 7 - yes Windows 95 still has DOS).
   There is a parameter in msdos.sys in Windows95 to automatically prevent the 
   loading of the GUI. I don't know that off the top of my head.
3. Immediately after you see the Windows 95 Starting message, press F8, and 
   go to the command line. (or safe mode command line). At this point, type in 
the loadlin command. (Make sure that the version of loadlin that you have 
is good. A bad executable image can also give you the memory message. 

One question regarding your BIOS. Does your BIOS not recognize large hard 
drives ?

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