jonathan@procase.uucp (Jonathan Ganz) (05/09/91)
I'm having an interesting and frustrating problem with the
following combination of hardware and software:
16Mhz/286
AllCharge Card
Desqview
Dos 3.3
4 meg on motherboard
As far as I've been able to determine, I'm using the latest versions
of everything except qext.sys. I'm using an old version of this
(circa 1988) because all newer versions cause a system hang upon
exiting Desqview.
In no particular order, I get the following amount of available
High Ram, which naturally directly affects available memory. Other
numbers do come up from time to time, but these are the most
frequent. It doesn't seem to matter if I <Ctrl><Alt><Del> or turn
off the power. At first I suspected it had something to do with
truncating the memory test (pressing <esc> during the initial test),
but it was hokum.
(FYI - The bootsys command mentioned below gives me a choice about
the particular kind of system I'm left with after the boot, and has
never given me any grief. Also, I renamed some of the device drivers
to keep things organized.)
Any and all help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please
email me directly as indicated in my sig, and I'll post the results.
(This is a rather long message, and I don't want to clog things up
more than necessary!)
Typical sequence of boot cycles:
boot system
High Ram Created: 128K (B000-B3FF, C800-CBFF, D000-E7FF)
boot system
High Ram Created: 160K (B000-B7FF, C800-CBFF) <- I usually live with
either this or the
following one, otherwise
I keep rebooting until I
get this, the next, or the
last in this list.
boot system
High Ram Created: 160K (B000-B7FF, C400-CBFF, D000-E7FF)
boot system
High Ram Created: 144K (B000-B7FF, C400-CBFF, D000-E7FF)
boot system
High Ram Created: 176K (B000-B7FF, C400-E7FF) <- This is the
best I ever get,
which IMHO is pretty
good!
--------cut here for autoexec.bat file -----------
echo off
bootsys >NUL:
if errorlevel 8 goto simple_system
if errorlevel 7 goto tape_backup
if errorlevel 6 goto quick_fax
if errorlevel 5 goto printer_only
if errorlevel 4 goto fax_scanner
if errorlevel 3 goto fax_scanner_printer
if errorlevel 2 goto non_graphics_dv
if errorlevel 1 goto graphics_dv
echo boot.sys is not loaded!
goto done
:graphics_dv
loadhi qbuffers=30
loadhi qfiles +20
loadhi qldrive=h
loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
break=on
path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
fastopen c: d:
loadhi dosedit
subst f: d:\wp51\files
subst g: d:\hold\cis
subst h: d:\sc5
ls300a/i308
loadhi timepark 5
loadhi vidram on
d
goto done
:non_graphics_dv
loadhi qbuffers=30
loadhi qfiles +20
loadhi qldrive=h
loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
break=on
path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
fastopen c: d:
loadhi dosedit
subst e: d:\wp51\files
subst f: d:\hold\cis
subst g: d:\sc5
loadhi timepark 5
loadhi vidram on
vidram on ov
d
goto done
:fax_scanner_printer
loadhi qbuffers=30
loadhi qfiles +20
loadhi qldrive=h
loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
break=on
path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;e:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
fastopen c: d:
loadhi dosedit
ls300a/i308
loadhi oldmode LPT1:,,P
pause
d:\dos\dsu.exe c:\fontset1.set
pause
loadhi timepark 5
loadhi vidram on
fax
d
goto done
:fax_scanner
loadhi qbuffers=30
loadhi qfiles +20
loadhi qldrive=h
loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
break=on
path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;e:\nu;d:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
fastopen c: d:
loadhi dosedit
subst e: d:\wp51\files
subst f: d:\hold\cis
subst g: d:\sc5
ls300a/i308
loadhi timepark 5
loadhi vidram on
fax
d
goto done
:printer_only
loadhi qbuffers=30
loadhi qfiles +20
loadhi qldrive=h
loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
loadhi d:\dos\msmouse /1
break=on
path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
fastopen c: d:
loadhi dosedit
subst e: d:\wp51\files
subst f: d:\hold\cis
subst g: d:\sc5
ls300a/i308
loadhi oldmode LPT1:,,P
pause
d:\dos\dsu.exe c:\fontset1.set
pause
loadhi timepark 5
loadhi vidram on
d
goto done
:quick_fax
loadhi qbuffers=30
loadhi qfiles +20
loadhi qldrive=h
loadhi d:\dos\dvansi
break=on
path=c:\;d:\dos;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\qram;c:\xtpro;c:\batch;d:\nu;d:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
fastopen c: d:
loadhi dosedit
ls300a/i308
loadhi timepark 5
loadhi vidram on
d:
cd\fax
fax
c:
goto done
:tape_backup
break=on
path=c:\;c:\xtpro;d:\nu;c:\batch;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\dos;d:\qram;d:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
dosedit
echo Load Tape Cartridge into Drive
pause
qs
echo Please remember to COLD boot this system
goto done
:simple_system
break=on
path=c:\;c:\xtpro;d:\nu;c:\batch;d:\dv;d:\ws;d:\dos;d:\qram;d:\mouse
prompt $d$_$p$g $
dosedit
:done
-------cut here for config.sys file-------------
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=1
FILES=20
Device=HARDRIVE.SYS
Device=boot.sys /CX0A /D6 /T10 /L20 /U^ /S2
Device=TOP ^Select the ^System ^Configuration
Device=boot.1 ^Desqview (^Graphics)
Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
Device=QRAM.SYS
Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
Device=rem QRAM's High Memory driver
Device=rem Princeton Scanner driver
Device=boot.2 ^Desqview (non-^Graphics)
Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
Device=QRAM.SYS
Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
Device=boot.3 ^Fax ^Scanner ^Printer
Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
Device=QRAM.SYS
Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
Device=rem QRAM's High Memory driver
Device=rem Princeton Scanner driver
Device=boot.4 ^Fax ^Scanner
Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
Device=QRAM.SYS
Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
Device=rem QRAM's High Memory driver
Device=rem Princeton Scanner driver
Device=boot.5 ^Printer
Device=QEXT.SYS /VD=2.0
Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
Device=c:\vdisk.sys 512 /E
Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
Device=QRAM.SYS
Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
Device=rem QRAM's High Memory
Device=boot.6 ^Quick ^Start ^Fax (default from ^Power ^Loss)
Device=QEXT.SYS
Device=rem QuarterDeck's DesqView
Device=ALLEMM4.SYS
Device=rem AllCharge Card Memory Manager
Device=QRAM.SYS
Device=rem QuarterDeck's High Memory Manager
Device=c:\loadhi.sys c:\ls300.sys
Device=rem QRAM's High Memory
Device=boot.7 ^Tape ^Backup ^System
buffers=040
files=030
Device=boot.8 ^Simple ^System
buffers=040
files=030
Device=boot.end
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NAME: Jonathan E. Ganz
Technical Documentation Manager
MAIL: PROCASE Corporation
3130 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 100
Santa Clara, CA 95054
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