Comparing the config.sys files of the Win98 and WinMe boot disks, I found that the 98 config has one extra command line:
device=himem.sys /testmem
ff
What's the difference between using this command and not using it?
Also, I don't know whether anyone else has run into this problem:
Use the fdisk on the 98 Second Edition boot disk to create partitions, then use format to format them. After installing the operating system, when you want to format the partitions again, drive D may become impossible to format. Specifically: the hard disk has no bad sectors, using format shows no errors at all, after formatting it says it succeeded, but then if you use dir to check drive D, the files are still there, and rebooting doesn't help either. The file system is Fat32, and adding parameters to format (such as /q, /u) is also no help, and trying other Win98 boot disks doesn't work either.
Because my job is related to installing systems, I deal with a lot of old and new hard disks, and about 80% of hard disks will have this problem.
Current solutions: 1. Use a WinME boot disk to create partitions and format. 2. Use DM to create partitions and format. 3. A temporary method: before formatting the system, first format drive D in Windows, then go back to DOS to format the other drives. But since the partition was created by the fdisk on the Win98 boot disk, the next time you format it this problem still exists.
device=himem.sys /testmem
ffWhat's the difference between using this command and not using it?
Also, I don't know whether anyone else has run into this problem:
Use the fdisk on the 98 Second Edition boot disk to create partitions, then use format to format them. After installing the operating system, when you want to format the partitions again, drive D may become impossible to format. Specifically: the hard disk has no bad sectors, using format shows no errors at all, after formatting it says it succeeded, but then if you use dir to check drive D, the files are still there, and rebooting doesn't help either. The file system is Fat32, and adding parameters to format (such as /q, /u) is also no help, and trying other Win98 boot disks doesn't work either.
Because my job is related to installing systems, I deal with a lot of old and new hard disks, and about 80% of hard disks will have this problem.
Current solutions: 1. Use a WinME boot disk to create partitions and format. 2. Use DM to create partitions and format. 3. A temporary method: before formatting the system, first format drive D in Windows, then go back to DOS to format the other drives. But since the partition was created by the fdisk on the Win98 boot disk, the next time you format it this problem still exists.
