Too much RAM for Novell client and Win98

[rreimers]

I've been trying to install a Windows 98 system with client 3.32 on a Dell with 1 gig of RAM. This was to be a dual-boot with XP (which works well) but I ran in to several problems. The first was too much RAM for Win98 - fixed that by putting an entry in system.ini under [386enh] MaxPhysPage=20000 that limits the RAM Win98 sees to 512 Meg, now Win98 seems to work fine. Next, and it is the show-stopper, I installed the Novell client 3.32, and rebooted. Got 2 messages about pseudo module NDS... and an error code - NIOS-202-66, found it in TID10066962. The TID says that Novell client is not able to load on machines with more than 512 Mb RAM due to limitation in HIMEM.SYS - MAJOR BUMMER! Anyone know of any work-around, or alternative to MS himem.sys that may work? No way to reduce RAM - this box (and others) need it for .Net developement on the XP side, but would also like to continue support for older Win98 projects.
Thanks - Randy

 

[rreimers]

Anyone have a hint if this is possible? We may have to go with VMWare to be able to support the old apps, may be a better way to go anyway. Still curious - is there a work-around or some way to put the client for Win98 on a 1 Gig RAM box?

Thanks - Randy

 

[Sethos]

The sad thing about this is, that Windows 98 has this RAM limitation. The NetWare Client doesn´t care for theamount of RAM.

 

[rreimers]

Thanks to MS for artificial limits - such is life. We went with VMWare, that works much better than a dual-boot, allows them to keep working in the XP side, many other benefits.

 

[QuiglyRas]

One trick I recall is setting a large ram disk and permanent smartdrive cash. Basicly try and us up the excess ram before windows starts. Now that was with 756 meg ram not a gig it may not be possible to use up 512k worth.

John