cmorgan@ooc.uva.nl (Chris Morgan/RIKS) (11/28/90)
Hi, i'm not sure if this is the correct news group but I have some DR DOS 5.0 related questions... I've recently installed DR DOS 5.0 on a Compaq DeskPro 386-20 with 8MB RAM. In all the software is pretty good - the hi-memory allocation of DOS modules and drivers etc mean that I can now run my Tops/Dos network software in conjunction with Matrix Layout which requires a large chunk of the 640K. My problem is this - I cannot get Windows 3.0 to start up in 386 enhanced mode because, presumably, there is an incompatibility between DR DOS's EMM386.sys driver and Windows' HIMEM.sys driver. The question is this - How can I utilize the advantages of DR DOS's memory relocation tricks AND get MS-Windows 3.0 to run in enhanced 386 mode at the same time. Also I don't want to loose the ability to keep Tops/Dos in high memory at the same time. In short - Can I run DR DOS *AND* Windows 3.0 (386 enhanced mode) *AND* Tops/Dos ALL AT THE SAME TIME and STILL keep plenty of low memory over for ather apps ??? Thanks in advance for any replies - I would also appreciate direct E-Mail since I get little chance to access this news group. Chris Morgan cmorgan@ooc.uva.nl
bondi@dri.com (Bob Bondi) (12/14/90)
In article <16275@slice.ooc.uva.nl> cmorgan@ooc.uva.nl (Chris Morgan/RIKS) writes: >because, presumably, there is an incompatibility between DR DOS's EMM386.sys >driver and Windows' HIMEM.sys driver. Yes, you guessed correctly, and if you have registered you will be getting the newest version of the DRDOS EMM386.SYS that runs Windows correctly! >In short - Can I run DR DOS *AND* Windows 3.0 (386 enhanced mode) *AND* Tops/Dos >ALL AT THE SAME TIME and STILL keep plenty of low memory over for ather apps ??? DRDOS still can solve your problem by using a smart config.sys! Look at the following example and try to see if you can arrange yours similarly. ......................................................................... :START SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM c:\ /P /E:256 ?"DO YOU WANT TO RUN WINDOWS IN ENHANCED MODE (Y/N)?" GOTO WINDOWS ?"DO YOU WANT TO LOAD EMM386.SYS WITH LIM MEMORY (Y/N)?" GOTO WITHLIM ?"DO YOU WANT TO LOAD EMM386.SYS WITHOUT LIM MEMORY (Y/N)?" GOTO NOLIM ?"DO YOU WANT TO START OVER (Y/N)?" GOTO START GOTO COMMON :WINDOWS DEVICE=C:\WIN3\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\HIDOS.SYS /B=FFFF DEVICE=C:\WIN3\SMARTDRIVE GOTO COMMON :WITHLIM HIDOS=ON DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.SYS /F=AUTO /K=xxxx /B=FFFF /R=AUTO GOTO COMMON :NOLIM HIDOS=ON DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.SYS /F=NONE /K=AUTO /B=FFFF /R=AUTO GOTO COMMON :COMMON BREAK=ON BUFFERS=20 FILES=20 FCBS=4,4 FASTOPEN=512 etc...etc...etc... ............................................................... This config.sys will prompt for the proper configuration you need, i.e., if you want to run a DOS program that uses expanded memory you make the LIM choice, for windows choose windows at start up. This is a basic example, no network drivers loaded into hi memory, but, you should be able to add these items in the COMMON area! Good Luck! And have fun with DRDOS.
mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) (12/15/90)
It's amazing, being able to specify configuration options in the config.sys of DRDOS 5.0. -- Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712 919 286 0411 Ext 6933 mvolo@ecsvax.edu