Hi Mark,
You're on the right track. The reason for this message is likely due to a missing statement 'Files=250' which should be in the config.sys file (or config.nt for NT workstation users). If there is a number smaller than 250, then you should change to 250. Making this change should fix things up.
The other file mentioned is simply one of your data files; you don't have to worry about anything wrong here.