Dustin wrote:

> > I believe I've read in the past that win-9x is much better able to
> > handle large hosts files compared to XP.
>
> You should re-read what you thought you read then, as you're wrong on
> this one. Surprise surprise...

Did you not read the follow-ups to that post before replying?

Win-XP and higher has well known problems with hosts files larger than
100 - 135 kb when the DNS Client service is running. The DNS Client is
an automatic-startup service by default.

Windows 98 has no such service.

Now take your foot out of your mouth.