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QEMM AND SUPERSTOR DISK COMPRESSION
This QEMM 7 technote is an abridged version of a technical
bulletin that is available through our standard support channels.
The information contained in this version pertains ONLY to QEMM
version 7.0. If you need information relating to earlier versions
of QEMM you can obtain the unabridged version from the following
sources:
Quarterdeck Technical Support BBS: SSTOR.TEC
CompuServe: SSTOR.ZIP
Q/FAX: #249
Subject: Notes on using AddStor's SuperStor disk compression
utility package with Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager.
PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this technical
bulletin pertains ONLY to QEMM version 7.0. If you require
information relating to earlier versions of QEMM, you should
obtain the longer, unabridged version of this technote which is
available through our standard support channels under the same
filename. See CONTACT.TEC (located in your QEMM\TECHNOTE
directory) for information on obtaining technical bulletins.
QEMM's Optimize program is fully compatible with SuperStor 2.0,
2.04 and SuperStor Pro. However, a few steps may have to be
followed before running Optimize.
1. In order for QEMM's LOADHI.SYS to load the entire device
driver into upper memory, you must place a /NOUMB parameter
at the end of the SSTORDRV.SYS device line in your CONFIG.SYS
file.
2. When SSTORDRV.SYS (the SuperStor device driver) is loaded into
upper memory, it usually takes about 75K. If loaded into
conventional memory, it usually takes about 41K. This is an
inherent limitation of SSTORDRV.SYS and is NOT a QEMM issue.
3. When QEMM is installed on a system on which SuperStor is
already installed, it creates a QEMM directory on the
UNCOMPRESSED boot drive and copies pertinent QEMM files to
that drive. If you do not have enough room on your
uncompressed drive to hold the necessary files, the
installation will terminate.
To rectify this, you must run Addstor's utility program SSUTIL
and shrink the size of the COMPRESSED disk. To be on the safe
side, shrink it by a minimum of 2048K. Although QEMM will
only use a portion of that disk space, you should have
sufficient space left over for new device drivers, temporary
files, or other files or programs you may need to store on the
UNCOMPRESSED drive. Refer to your SuperStor manual for
information on using SSUTIL.
4. If you install SuperStor on a system that already has QEMM
installed on it, the SuperStor installation program will
change the QEMM device statement from:
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM
to
DEVICE=C:\QEMM386.SYS RAM
You MUST edit the line to once again read:
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM
If you like, you can use the editor in QEMM's QSETUP program
or in Manifest.
5. If you install SuperStor after installing QEMM, you must
manually create a QEMM directory on the UNCOMPRESSED drive and
copy pertinent QEMM files from the COMPRESSED drive to the
UNCOMPRESSED drive. The necessary files are:
QEMM386.SYS
TESTBIOS.COM
OPTIMIZE.COM
RSTRCFG.SYS
LOADHI.COM
LOADHI.SYS
MCA.ADL [if a Micro Channel machine]
WINHIRAM.VXD
WINSTLTH.VXD
MFT.EXE
QDPMI.SYS [if loaded in CONFIG.SYS]
DOSDATA.SYS [if using DOS-UP]
DOS-UP.SYS [if using DOS-UP]
QSETUP.EXE [if you have room for it]
6. If you enabled QEMM's DOS-UP feature prior to installing
SuperStor, the SuperStor installation will move the two
DOS-Up device lines to the wrong place in the CONFIG.SYS file.
The SuperStor installation program moves the QEMM386.SYS
device line to the top of the CONFIG.SYS file, then loads the
two SuperStor drivers, SSTORDRV.SYS and DEVSWAP.COM, followed
by DOSDATA.SYS and DOS-UP.SYS. THIS IS WRONG.
You MUST edit your CONFIG.SYS file so that the SuperStor
drivers do NOT load until after the three QEMM drivers.
You may also be loading QEMM's QDPMI.SYS device driver in your
CONFIG.SYS file, but the order in which this driver loads is
not important.
The QEMM drivers MUST load as follows:
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOSDATA.SYS
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS RAM [any additional parameters]
DEVICE=C:\QEMM\DOS-UP.SYS
with the SuperStor drivers loaded AFTER these three lines.
7. In order to prevent confusion when running QSetup, you MUST
delete the QEMM386.SYS driver from the ROOT directory of both
the COMPRESSED and UNCOMPRESSED drives.
PLEASE NOTE: You MUST NOT delete the QEMM386.SYS drivers from
your QEMM directories.
8. Once you have performed the above steps, you should have no
problem running either Optimize or QSetup with SuperStor.
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This technical note may be copied and distributed freely as long
as it is distributed in its entirety and it is not distributed
for profit. Copyright (C) 1993 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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