By adding the /maxmem=32 option, I can force the OS to run in just the bottom 32MB of my RAM, ignoring all other RAM. So, that section of boot.ini now looks like
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
\WINNT="2KPro" /fastdetect /maxmem=32
With less RAM to work with, the system will run slowly. But if it no longer crashes or locks up, I would strongly suspect that the system's memory is causing the problem.
I can never remember the /maxmem= option, so I appreciate the ability to use bootcfg /addsw to add new options to my boot.ini file. On a Windows 2003 or XP machine, I could have accomplished the boot.ini change by entering the command
http://www.itpress.pl/att/PDFy/NR_06_2004/79.pdf
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_str_masc.asp