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- From: buhr@umanitoba.ca (Kevin Andrew Buhr)
- Subject: Re: PMV2001 Not enough memory error - HELP|
- In-Reply-To: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz's message of Wed, 19 Aug 1992 11:57:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <BUHR.92Aug20191809@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Canada
- References: <92232.111937FDBAQ03@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> <1992Aug19.115751.21252@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:18:09 GMT
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-
- [ Steve Withers and Wim Van Holder discuss the infamous PMV2001 and
- its multiple beeping. ]
-
- Many people (including myself) have encountered this problem with the
- new kernel (rev 6.142 or something similar). This new kernel was
- supposed to fix, among other things, the non-shrinking swap file. For
- some people, it seems to replace it with a non-growing swap file.
-
- There are two workarounds for this problem:
-
- 1. Go back to the old kernel. If you used the installation
- script supplied with the patch, just do the following:
-
- [C:\] ATTRIB -H -S -R OS2KRNL
- [C:\] REN OS2KRNL OS2KRNL.NEW
- [C:\] REN OS2KRNL.OLD OS2KRNL
- [C:\] ATTRIB +H +S +R OS2KRNL
-
- Then, reboot. It's a good idea to either erase the old
- swapfile (probably called C:\OS2\SYSTEM\SWAPPER.DAT),
- which requires a floppy boot, or move it to another
- place by changing the "SWAPFILE=" statement in your
- "CONFIG.SYS" file.
-
- 2. Make the initial size of your swapfile so big that it'll
- never *have* to grow:
-
- SWAPFILE=C:\OS2\SYSTEM\SWAPPER.DAT 2048 40960
-
- It's too bad, because the new kernel seems to fix a lot of monitor
- syncing and WIN-OS/2 problems but the PMV2001's are such a significant
- problem.
-
- Kevin Buhr <buhr@ccu.UManitoba.CA>
-