Thomson_PW@cc.curtin.edu.au (12/20/90)
I have trouble creating a permanent swapfile in windows V3.
Every time I try and run swapfile a error message pops up telling
that there is a conflicting divice driver in config.sys.
I have tried taking out several drivers and even deleting the file
but nothing seems to work.
My computer is as follows;
386/20 Eeto
4 meg ram
Evervision EGA + 512k Eagle(?) card
65m hd.
config.sys goes somthing like this;
files=30
buffers=30
device=ansi.sys
=himem.sys
=smartdrv.sys
also is there any speed advantages using a perm swapfile?
there seems to be when I am using a 33mhz computer.
Please Email me with any advice.
thanks in advance
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In article <5174.2770c349@cc.curtin.edu.au> Thomson_PW@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: >I have trouble creating a permanent swapfile in windows V3. > >Every time I try and run swapfile a error message pops up telling >that there is a conflicting divice driver in config.sys. >I have tried taking out several drivers and even deleting the file >but nothing seems to work. >My computer is as follows; > >386/20 Eeto >4 meg ram >Evervision EGA + 512k Eagle(?) card >65m hd. > So far we have heard many reports on this; the common factor seems to be the use of a SCSI hard-disk interface, which Windows seems to have problems dealing with. >config.sys goes somthing like this; >files=30 >buffers=30 >device=ansi.sys > =himem.sys > =smartdrv.sys > >also is there any speed advantages using a perm swapfile? >there seems to be when I am using a 33mhz computer. There are speed advantages; they are more noticeable when you have many applications and files open and you keep switching from one to the other. > >Please Email me with any advice. > If you learn something useful, please share it with us! Happy Holidays! -- Raul A. Baragiola \Internet: raul@virginia.edu Dept. Nuclear Engnr. and Engnr. Physics \Phone: (804)-982-2907 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901 \ Fax: (804)-924-6270
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (12/21/90)
In article <1990Dec20.125859.29782@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rb9a@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Raul Baragiola) writes: >In article <5174.2770c349@cc.curtin.edu.au> Thomson_PW@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: >>I have trouble creating a permanent swapfile in windows V3. >> >>Every time I try and run swapfile a error message pops up telling >>that there is a conflicting divice driver in config.sys. >>I have tried taking out several drivers and even deleting the file >>but nothing seems to work. >>My computer is as follows; >> >>386/20 Eeto >>4 meg ram >>Evervision EGA + 512k Eagle(?) card >>65m hd. >> > >So far we have heard many reports on this; the common factor seems >to be the use of a SCSI hard-disk interface, which Windows seems to >have problems dealing with. > >>config.sys goes somthing like this; >>files=30 >>buffers=30 >>device=ansi.sys >> =himem.sys >> =smartdrv.sys >> >>also is there any speed advantages using a perm swapfile? >>there seems to be when I am using a 33mhz computer. > >There are speed advantages; they are more noticeable when you have many >applications and files open and you keep switching from one to the other. > >> >>Please Email me with any advice. >> > >If you learn something useful, please share it with us! > >Happy Holidays! > Hmm, windows doesn't seem to mind me having a permanent swapfile on logical drive N on my CDC-Wren IV on an Adaptec AHA5142B SCSI controller. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254