Win98 SE config.sys Am I wrong ?

[Abraxas]

I'm getting error messages at boot up about lines 1 & 2 of the config.sys :
 
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
DOS=HIGH,UMB
 
I'm working at recycling old computers and giving them to charities, and have always used thes lines :
HIMEM.SYS to enable access to extended memory and load DOS into high memory;
EMM.386.EXE, To enable expanded memory and to use upper memory as though it was conventional memory.
HIGH,UMB ; to load as much of DOS into high memory.
It's not a huge problem, I want these pentium 2's to work as well as possible, and i know that only HIMEN.SYS is required for Win 98 , but if some one could give me some advice as to whether what I've written into config.sys as being appropriate I'd be much appreciated.
I've looked around microsoft knowledge base and the net, and done a search here...and dug up  my notes from school.
Thanks !

[Lisandro]

This is an old config.sys of mine. Will it help?

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[menu]
menuitem=CD, Starts the computer with CD-ROM support.
menuitem=NOCD, Starts the computer without CD-ROM support.
menuitem=HELP, Shows Help file.
menudefault=CD,30
menucolor=7,0

[CD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=btdosm.sys
device=flashpt.sys
device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=aspi2dos.sys
device=aspi8dos.sys
device=aspi4dos.sys
device=aspi8u2.sys
device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001

[NOCD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off

[HELP]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off

[COMMON]
files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048
lastdrive=z
device=display.sys con=(ega,,1)
country=055,850,country.sys
install=mode.com con cp prepare=((850) ega.cpi)
install=mode.com con cp select=850
install=keyb.com br,,keyboard.sys

[Starfighter]

On my dinosaur computer, I run Win 98 SE.

There are only 2 lines in my config.sys:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS


And it works perfectly.

[Eddy]

What is the error message exactly?

[Abraxas]

Eddy:

What is the error message exactly?

Line (XX) > " ...is corrupt or cannot be found "
(Thanks for your interest , any info. will be helpful )
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE
DOS=HIGH,UMB
I changed the lines 1 & 2 ; which the errors refered to ; to windows.
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
DOS=HIGH,UMB

This fixed the problem as the files are in Windows , not DOS. I was stepping too far back , Win 3.1/ 95  maybe  .  Silly me 
Starfighter:
As I can see starfighter,( and thanks for posting  ) ;

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

Your strings show "Windows" ,which is where I went wrong. NOEMS : refers to No " Extended/Expanded/upper " memory. It's not crucial , Win98 will boot with just HIMEM.SYS  but I want to utilise memory as best as possible.
Tech , as always your really helpful , thanks!
I'm not sure what your config.sys is trying to do , quite a lot it seems  I'll study this and see if there's some useful/juicy commands in there. From a glance it seems to be Finding/loading  the CD Rom drive : "device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001 " , and might be from the the initial  installation process.
I know this is almost primeval technology,  but with so many old computers being thrown into rubbish dumps i feel it's important to utilise these dinosaurs , and people without the money can have access to the Internet, or at least a Computer of some kind.
Thanks for your help guy's.
 

[Lisandro]

I know this is almost primeval technology,  but with so many old computers being thrown into rubbish dumps i feel it's important to utilise these dinosaurs , and people without the money can have access to the Internet, or at least a Computer of some kind. Thanks for your help guy's.

Thank you for your noble work and help for the others. That is what counts in life 

[Starfighter]

Glad it worked.... hmmm, maybe I should get rid of the noems too... 

As for the dinosaur Win 98se -- I like it more than Win XP...  it's less bloated.  But to each their own.