I finally got my Promise card working. Thanks to everyone for their
suggestions. I have enclosed my solution:
Problem:

> Help..... I just purchased a PCI Promise Ultra66 card and have some kind
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> of conflict with my system (W98,PIII 450MHz,256MB).  I have tried moving
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> it to another PCI slot but get the same results.  My system starts to
> boot okay, then locks up. WHEN I get a message it says it has an error
> in a VXD--- file.  I fdisked and formatted before attaching it to my
> Promise card.  I am sometimes able to boot into safe mode and can even
> access my Maxtor 30GB drive.  Any ideas to help me troubleshoot what is
> wrong would be greatly appreciated.

I could never get a normal boot to try any of the tests. I could only boot
in safe mode so I could not install the drivers for the Promise card. I
finally put the Promise card in slot 1 where the modem card was. I put the
modem card in slot 4 where I had the promise card. The computer booted
normally and I installed the Promise card drivers. Everything works great.
Thanks again
Richard Lumley


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