386MAX Version 7 and Stacker Support

This document is intended for use with both 386MAX and BlueMAX version
7.xx and Stacker version 2.0 and later. 386MAX is used as an example
in all cases.

386MAX Version 7 has automatic compressed drive detection and support
for Stacker.  You must have enough disk space available on both the
compressed and uncompressed drives to accommodate the necessary 386MAX
files.	Be sure you have approximately 2.5 MB of disk space on the
compressed drive to install 386MAX and approximately 650 KB available
on the uncompressed drive to accommodate the files that 386MAX must
copy to that drive.

If you receive VXD error 1014 while entering Windows, either prevent
Stacker from using EMS memory according to their documentation or edit
your AUTOEXEC.BAT to add SET EMSCACHE=OK to bypass the error message.


STACKER and MS DOS 6 MULITCONFIG

386MAX supports automatic system optimization for the MS DOS 6
MultiConfig environment.  No special steps are required.  When
Maximize is run in such an environment, it prompts the user to select
the particular configuration to Maximize.  The Maximize program may
duplicate common sections to ensure that changes for one configuration
do not impact another.

IF 386MAX IS LOADED IN THE [COMMON] SECTION ON A SYSTEM WITH STACKER
INSTALLED, you will need to make changes to the configuration since
DOS treats this section as a special case.	Use these directions even
if you have already tried to install 386MAX version 7. The easiest
course of action is to remove 386MAX from your system configuration
files by running STRIPMGR and installing into each of the appropriate
configurations.

If the [common] section of your MultiConfig environment is similar to
the following common section:

[common]
shell=c:\dos\command.com c:\dos\  /e:1024 /p
files=30
buffers=25
dos=high
lastdrive=h
stacks=0,0
device=c:\386max\386max.sys pro=c:\386max\386max.pro
device=c:\386max\386load.sys size=40912 prgreg=3
				 prog=c:\stacker\stacker.com
device=c:\stacker\sswap.com c:\stackvol.dsk /sync

Follow these instructions:

* Type STRIPMGR /ST  from the 386MAX directory.

* Place the distribution diskette for version 7 into the appropriate
disk drive and type d:INSTALL where d indicates the letter of the
floppy drive.  If you have already installed 386MAX version 7, type
INSTALL /R.

* When prompted, choose the MultiConfig configuration where you want
386MAX installed and proceed with Maximize.

* Rerun INSTALL /R for each MultiConfig section where you want 386MAX
active.

IF YOU ARE USING [COMMON] AS ONE OF THE MENU ITEMS IN THE MULTICONFIG
ENVIRONMENT, it is best to rename that section so that 386MAX can
handle the configuration correctly.  In the example below, the
[common] section is renamed to [common1].

If your [menu] section is similar to the one below:

[menu]
menuitem=common, Common configuration
menuitem=dos, DOS configuration
menuitem=windows, Windows configuration

Follow these instructions:

* Edit menuitem=common so that it reads common1.

* Create a new section called [common1] below the existing [common]
section.  You may leave this section empty.

* Remove the 386MAX device driver from the [common] section.

* Type d:INSTALL and choose to install 386MAX to the [common1]
section.  If you already have installed 386MAX, type INSTALL /R and
choose to install 386MAX to the [common1] section.

If you choose to set up a MultiConfig environment after 386MAX is
installed, run INSTALL /R to load 386MAX in the appropriate
section(s).  Do not load the 386MAX device driver in the [common]
section.

All configuration files are examples only.	Please do not change your
configuration files to match the examples.