Bootlog errors in Win98

[HUD]

I've recently bought a completely new system and have installed Win98 (upgrade using a previous version of Windows). The program installs without a problem but will fail on the first restart and every time after that with a "While initialising IOS. Windows protection error" message in both Normal and Safe modes.

After a bit of research and playing around, I added the line "MaxPhysPage = xxxxx" into my [386Enh] section of the system.ini file to restrict the amount of memory Windows uses. The maximum I got to use was 64Mb (of my 128Mb) which would allow Windows to boot normally. Anything above this value creates either the error mentioned above or a general "Windows protection error."

Examining my bootlog.txt file, the IOS error occurs when trying to load the rmm.pdr file. I've tried removing this file and the loading gets a little further before failing at the hsflop.pdr file - which is also the point it fails at if I allocate between 64Mb and 96Mb of memory to Windows. (Confused yet?)

Does this automatically mean there is a problem with my DIMM? I believe there was an update for the rmm.pdr file for Win95 but I'm assuming that Win98 corrected this problem. Is there something I'm not setting correctly in my BIOS? (Most of my settings are default/automatic) Is there something I can do to use the full 128Mb of memory?

Thanks in advance.

[Susan]

Did a little search for you and came up with one bit so far.

Problems while initializing device IOS- If the following error appears while initializing device IOS please read the following:

Symptoms:
A Windows Protection Error occurred.
You need to restart your computer.

Solution:
This can be rectified by going into the \windows\system\iosubsys\ directory.
Rename the file called rmm.pdr into rmm.old and reboot the machine. This will create a new rmm.pdr and the machine should now boot properly.

Btw, this is a WIN95 tip.

[This message has been edited by Susan (edited 09-29-99).]