ramdrive.sys error in boot-up

[je2fs]

When I boot up, I receive an error message that the ramdrive.sys is either missing or corrupt. Then it goes on to say that i have an error on line 24 of config.sys. Does anyone know how to correct the problem.

Thanks

Jeff

[glc]

That's an awfully big config.sys for a Win9x machine - did you by any chance copy the config.sys off a 98 startup disk into c:\ ? That's a no-no.

If you have Win 98, go into msconfig and uncheck config.sys and autoexec.bat for troubleshooting and reboot - if everything works just leave it that way.

[Hpro]

first two questions :
1.Do you try to install Win9X or
2.Is the OS already installed - ?

Answer:
1.If you trying to install Win9X and you get this error so then either your bootdisk - in your case this would be the floppy disk - is bad and the system can't read the file(s)
2.If Windows already has been setup complete but somehow the Config.sys wasn't updated on the third Reboot - then a error like this can and mostly will occur..

in either way it's in the config.sys file which can be edited using EDIT.COM form the MS-DOS prompt - or creating a NEW Windows Startup disk - I would use the Windows 9X CDrom to boot the computer because it's more safe and you will have less problems..

2.If windows is already installed on the computer then you might go to START > RUN type SYSEDIT click OK and then click on the TAB CONFIG.SYS and there place a REM at the beginning of Line 24 this would look like this

REM c:\windows\......

this can be anything ELSE there the main part is to place the REM in first place and to go to the 24th line just count downwards beginning with the TOP line, as for the lines aren't numbered anymore..

There is if you boot from the Win9x cdrom and you get this kind of error the chance that your CDROM is bad - to cirqumvent this you will need to create a BOOTDISK from any Win9X system which matches your system..

Hope this helps

[je2fs]

[CD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=btdosm.sys
device=flashpt.sys
device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=aspi2dos.sys
device=aspi8dos.sys
device=aspi4dos.sys
device=aspi8u2.sys
device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001

[NOCD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off

[HELP]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off

[COMMON]
stacks=64,512
files=50
buffers=30
dos=high,umb
devicehigh=RAMDRIVE.SYS 2048 /E
lastdrive=z


I was getting a stack overflow error so i went to windows website they suggested changing stack settings and changed the stack settings to 64,512, files 50 , buffers 30. This solved my problem and I am now able to boot without going into safe mode, but now I get the ramdrive.sys error and It causes the boot process to slow while its telling me about this error. So I need to put the REM in front of devicehigh.

Thanks

Jeff

[Hpro]

Your Config.sys should be EMPTY!!!!as long you don't run any MS-DOS applications -

Calling the CDROM twice for IDE and once for SCSI doesn't do any good unless you like to run it ON MS-DOS and then there is no NEED to call the CDROM twice as for the drivers will be loaded on the first attempt - the second one will give a error and only eat up resources you can use otherwise.!

all you have to do is renaming Config.sys to Config.OLD and then restart - you computer will just boot about 4 times as fast.! and there shouldn't be any problem to run Win98 since Config.sys loads out of REGISTRY anyway.!!
Hope this helps

[je2fs]

Thanks for the help. Renamed to config.old and Everything works fine.

Thanks again


Jeff