[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] QEMM 5.1 and Windows 3.0

MADIF@ROHVM1.BITNET (Jim Foster) (01/14/91)

In article <307@stiatl.UUCP>, iam@stiatl.UUCP (Ian Mercado) says:
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>Anybody care to offer any suggestions as to why running QEMM 5.1 and
>Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode would trash my hard drive?
>
>The scenario...
>
>An ALR Business VEISA 386/33Mhz
>A SigmaVGA Legend SVGA board
>A 3-Com Ethernet board
>An Adaptec SCSI hd controller.
>
>This setup trashed both mine and a co-worker's hard drives when we tried
>to load up windows in 386 enhanced mode.  The QEMM line in CONFIG.SYS was:
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>device = c:\qemm\qemm386.sys /db:16 RAM ROM NOSORT
>
Try adding the NOVDS parameter.  This is necessary for dealing with the SCSI
controller.

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