How do you change the stacks setting in the config.sys file.

sim · May 2, 2002

I get the following message when booting up 98 on my laptop-

An internal stack overflow has occured. Change the stacks setting in the config.sys file.

I went into the config.sys file and opened it with notepad and all it said was rem=winserver or something like that, nothing about stacks. The laptop boots fine into 98 without the port replicatoer which has the cdrom. And with the port replicator it boots into safe mode. The laptop itself doesn't have a floppy or a cdrom.

Here are the spec's and I know I probably shouldnt have 98 on this put I'd like to:

pentium 133mhz
48mb ram
4.3gb HDD

Thanks in advance

turd · May 2, 2002

try this: one or the other may work:

add to your config. sys file

STACKS=0,0

or

STACKS=9,256

sim · May 2, 2002

Sorry, didnt work

RZA · May 3, 2002

Try this:

How to Troubleshoot Windows Internal Stack Overflow Error Messages (Q145799).
I believe it's gonna help.

sim · May 4, 2002

No luck on that either
but here's something interesting,with the port replicator on and the cdrom removed from the port replicator it boots fine.

sim · May 4, 2002

I think im just gonna fdisk and put 95 on it

JigPu · May 4, 2002

Oooooo... A chance to use my knowledge of DOS!!

The stacks command sets the number of devices (I think... my DOS book is gone) that can access the system at once. When you run out of space, the system will freeze or give an error. To remedy the problem, you need to increase either the first or second number.

The first number in the stacks command increases the number of devices, and the second increases the memory alocated per device on the stack. Try increasing the first number on the STACKS command as that is what you are probably running out of. Keep the second number at 256.

JigPu -- Who can't seem to find his DOS book...

sim · May 5, 2002

What are you talking about, first and second number of what?

In the config.sys file that only thing about stacks is a line I put in there in the following format:

STACKS=XXXXX

sim · May 7, 2002

RZA · May 7, 2002

It was already said that it looks like

STACKS=9,256

, here 9 is the first number, 256 is the second. That simple...

sim · May 7, 2002

How high should I put the first number, if I put it too high the system ignores it.

turd · May 8, 2002

it will take 0-9 try each?and see what u get

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