Windows 95/98/se/me ram limitation patch

#Windows 95/98/se/me ram limitation patch install
#Windows 95/98/se/me ram limitation patch Patch

I'm going to post a frame challenge answer and say that if your goal is to run MS-DOS and Windows software from the early 90s and before then you don't want to do what you propose. Thanks to Ross Ridge for the pointer to this Vogons thread on the subject! Note that the vast majority of Windows 3 programs will work fine under Windows 98, so you might find it simpler to use that instead, as explained in RossвЂ™ answer.

#Windows 95/98/se/me ram limitation patch install

In situations where you donвЂ™t need FAT32, Windows 98 also supports dual-booting with MS-DOS 6 in the same partition, as long as you install the latter first, and choose the option to back up your previous operating system during the Windows 98 installation. The CONFIG.SYS menu system is still available under Windows 98, so you can use that to build your boot menu. Windows 98 also no longer supports SHARE.EXE, but its DOS kernel is apparently incompatible with Windows 3вЂ™s VSHARE.386, so programs which need the corresponding features will fail to run. 32-bit disk access will only work if you use Windows 3вЂ™s version of IFSHLP.SYS. Windows 3 also doesnвЂ™t support long file names you can however use DOSLFN and Calmira LFN to get some level of support for long file names. Some third-party installers will refuse to install on disks where the available space is вЂњtoo largeвЂќ. Windows 3.11 doesnвЂ™t support FAT32 directly, so some of its features wonвЂ™t be enabled (32-bit file access in Windows for Workgroups 3.11 for example), and it can produce confusing results with large partitions.

#Windows 95/98/se/me ram limitation patch Patch

After installation, you should also patch WIN386.EXE (see the previous link) to avoid issues after exiting Windows. Once thatвЂ™s done, Windows 3вЂ™s SETUP will work choose вЂњuser defined setupвЂќ so that you can specify what directory to use, and make sure you donвЂ™t let the installation program make any changes to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.

Before you can, youвЂ™ll need to patch IO.SYS using Ralf BuschmannвЂ™s Win3xStart program (in osr2fix.exe). You can install Windows 3.11 in a different directory than Windows 98.

This will disable the automatic GUI startup, and the computer will boot to a COMMAND.COM prompt. The first part isnвЂ™t too difficult: install Windows 98 as usual, then edit MSDOS.SYS to change its BootGUI setting to 0.