How do I increase the amount of expanded memory on my computer?

[ddeder]

I am trying to run an old DOS based game on a Windows 98 SE machine. The install goes okay but when I execute the file to start the game it says I need 27000 some odd bytes more expanded memory. This machine has 92MB of memory installed in it. I even tried to load the game on my machine which has 256MB of DDRDRAM and got the same message.

Any ideas?

 

[morkinva]

I think you need to use the command 'emm386.exe' located in your c:\windows\command directory. here are some details. Now whether this goes in autoexec.dos or config.dos, its been too long. I hope this puts you on the right track.

 

[Commish]

In config.sys, below the himem.sys line, type in: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM2048

You can use a higher number, like 4096 if you wish, (remember the x1024 rule) but, 2048 always worked for me when I ran into that situation.