On 22 Jan 99, at 12:20, Mike Bridges wrote:

> Jim Meagher wrote:
> >
> > It sounds like you are working from inside Windows.  That is wrong.
>
>  You are right.I have built several computers but am not real familiar
> with formatting them since I try not to unless it is really a must.
>  The boot sequence was wrong so I went into CMOS and changed it so it
> would boot from "a". Made a boot disk from another computer with the same
> Win version a.
>  Booted with the disk.At the a:/ prompt typed in format c:\s Got the
> message about loosing all my data and typed in the Y to continue and got
> the same "insuffecient memory " message.I'm sure I am missing something
> very simple here but I don't know what it is.

  I've seen the same kind of message when trying to flash-upgrade a
BIOS.  The fix was to use a genuine DOS boot diskette, and NOT a Win 9x
command-line startup diskette.  That's one of the two reasons I still
have a dual-boot DOS 6.22 partition on my main system.  [The other is a
DOS game that needs about 620K free conventional memory....]


David G

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