Win ME boot disk

I'm trying to do a custom Windows ME bootdisk, and I end up getting a lockup when I try to run EMM386.EXE.

How do I get a bootdisk with correctly running XMS and EMS memory?

You don't need to load EMM386.EXE. Windows ME will handle it.

[quote]Originally posted by MadDog:
<strong>You don't need to load EMM386.EXE. Windows ME will handle it.</strong><hr></blockquote>

No it won't. I have a couple of drivers which complain that they don't have EMS memory, so they won't load.

[quote]Originally posted by Glenn:
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No it won't. I have a couple of drivers which complain that they don't have EMS memory, so they won't load.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I think it does. Look at this key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\MS-DOSOptions\EMS

Try <a href="http://www.bootdisk.com" target="_blank">bootdisk.com</a> for ideas....

Thanks for the help. It appeared things wouldn't work out doing a ME disk, so I decided to download a 98 bootdisk, grab all the other files out of my old win98 cabs, and do that.

Main thing is something that's capable of reading those long file names.

Are you trying to boot in real dos mode with ME boot disk? If possible, explain what you want the custom bot disk to do.

[quote]Originally posted by Votan:
<strong>Are you trying to boot in real dos mode with ME boot disk? If possible, explain what you want the custom bot disk to do.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Make a generic boot disk which loads all the appropriate drivers necessary for my system without having all the unnecessary drivers load (like the SCSI crap).

Then I want to go from there and make a burn-in disk, and a virus scan disk, and a few other things I have going ...

You can find a disk to boot just about any system <a href="http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.. Just follow the inst. for making the disk, and then you can add any other drivers you need, space permitting.