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- From: bartels@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Jeff Bartels)
- Subject: Re: Can't use a swapfile on my SCSI disk.
- In-Reply-To: kbm8572@zeus.tamu.edu's message of Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:25:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <BARTELS.92Sep10093202@wind.aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <7SEP199213255518@zeus.tamu.edu>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 09:32:02
-
- >>>>> In article <7SEP199213255518@zeus.tamu.edu>, kbm8572@zeus.tamu.edu (BRYAN MILLIGAN) writes:
- >> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
-
- >> I recently upgraded to Windows 3.1 and seem to be having a great deal
- >> of trouble with swapfiles. My setup:
- >> 386/33 8MB RAM
- >> Adaptec 1542A SCSI Controller
- >> Quantum 80MB and Maxtor 120MB SCSI drives
- >> HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.SYS (Win 3.1 versions)
- >> SMARTDRV.SYS (Win 3.1 version w/ double buffering)
- >> RAMDRIVE.SYS (512K in extended; Win 3.1 version)
- >> ASPI4DOS.SYS (V 3.0A w/ /V option)
- >> MOUSE.SYS, ANSI.SYS, JETSCRPT.SYS (QMS JetScript driver)
- >> MS-DOS 5.0
- >> I this setup everything works fine until I try and use a swapfile. With
- >> Win 3.0 I could use a temporary swapfile, but I could not set up a permanent
- >> swapfile. With Win 3.1 I can't use any type of swapfile. If I do set one up
- >> Windows locks up the machine on exit (time for the three-fingered salute), I
- >> lose most of my program groups, and most of the files on my hard disk are
- >> corrupted (cross-linked, truncated, etc.). I really need to be able to use
- >> a swapfile to run Mathematica proberly (even with 8MB RAM). Does anyone
- >> know of a fix for this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
-
-
- >> bryan
-
- >> kbm8572@zeus.tamu.edu (VAX 9000)
- >> bryan@aero15.tamu.edu (Sun 4/65)
- >> (409)845-0714 (Panasonic Easa-Phone)
-
- My SCSI adapter (Future Domain and Seagate before that) requires a
- segment of high memory (for SCSI BIOS + other stuff). That means that I have to provide a
- x=NNNN-NNNN argument in my EMM386 invocation so that the segment is
- protected from corruption. Check your manual for the Adaptec, it
- should tell you where this segment resides and how big it is. You can
- also probably configure the memory location with jumpers on your
- board.
-
- Hope this helps.
-