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Novell Desktop Systems Group
Digital Research DRDOS 6.0
Microsoft Windows 3.1
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April, 1992
Welcome to the Novell Desktop Systems Group International Business Update
Service. This service is part of the Novell Desktop Systems Group commitment
to bringing you the very latest features for your DR DOS 6.0 operating system.
The files and information enclosed in this Windows 3.1 update contain
enhancements for your DR DOS 6.0 operating system specifically and only in the
area of Windows 3.1 compatibility. These enhancements include:
-- Full support for Windows 3.1.
-- The DR DOS EMM386.SYS memory manager now supports upper memory while
running Windows 3.1 in Standard and Enhanced Mode.
To respond to your needs in this area in an efficient and timely manner, we
will be releasing additional files, information, and enhancements (unrelated
to Windows 3.1) to you, as a registered user, at a later date and free of
charge.
This next full update, the April Business Update Service, will begin mailing
to registered users shortly, so be sure to send in your registration card or
FAX it to us if you have not already. If, for some reason, you are not
included in this mailing, and you are registered with us, contact us at:
TEL (408) 646-6464 or FAX (408) 649-8209.
The following is an excerpt from the Release Notes which describes features of
DR DOS 6.0 that are not explained elsewhere in the DR DOS 6.0 documentation.
Microsoft Windows 3.1
DR DOS 6.0 is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1.
The Windows 3.1 default drive for temporary swap files is the drive
on which Windows was installed. If Windows is installed on a
SuperStor drive it is recommended that users change the default
drive for swap files to an uncompressed drive. This should be done
for both temporary and permanent swap files. Use the 386
Enhanced option from Control Panel to change swap files.
If Super PC-Kwik is already loaded when you install Windows 3.1,
you are informed by the Windows SETUP program that SUPERPCK.EXE
is running and you are warned that your system may fail; ignore
this message and continue with the Windows installation procedure.
Windows 3.1 makes changes to autoexec.bat and config.sys on
installation. It is recommended that you make a backup of these
files.
By default, Windows installs the SMARTDrive disk cache program
and the HIMEM.SYS memory manager. However, the DR DOS 6.0 disk
cache, Super PC-Kwik, and the DR DOS 6.0 MemoryMAX drivers provide
superior functionality over the Windows 3.1 SMARTDrive disk cache
and HIMEM.SYS. To use Super PC-Kwik and the DR DOS MemoryMAX
drivers, instead of SMARTDrive and HIMEM.SYS, you simply remove one
line from your autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Edit autoexec.bat
to remove the line
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
and edit config.sys to remove the line
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
The above lines should be removed after Windows 3.1 has been
installed but prior to rebooting.
If you are using the DR DOS 6.0 EMM386.SYS MemoryMAX driver, Windows
may also replace the EMM386.SYS line in your config.sys file with
the Windows EMM386.EXE line. As a result of this change, your system
may generate an error message when rebooting. The EMM386 line should
be changed back to its original form after installing Windows 3.1 for
your system to boot properly. Refer to the backup of your config.sys
to be sure that you have the correct syntax.
The Windows 3.1 installation will also insert a STACKS command
into the CONFIG.SYS. Even though DR DOS does not use a STACKS
command the line can be left in CONFIG.SYS. No error will
result.
DR DOS 6.0 is compatible with both the SMARTDrive disk cache and
with HIMEM.SYS. If you want to continue using these drivers, you
must run the DR DOS SETUP program, and remove MemoryMAX and Super
PC-Kwik. However, if you do use SMARTDrive instead of Super PC-Kwik,
do not use the SMARTDrive + option to enable caching on a SuperStor
compressed drive. Unexpected errors may result when this option is
used.
EMM386.SYS supports upper memory for Windows 3.1 running in Standard
or Enhanced mode. You no longer need to use the /WINSTD option on the
EMM386.SYS command line to run Windows 3.1 in Standard mode. (Note:
As a result, if you use SETUP to configure MemoryMAX, EMM386.SYS, to
run Windows 3.1, you should respond "No" to the question "Support
Windows Standard Mode" when prompted.)
NOTE: Machines that have LPT1 ports and are using NE2000 network
cards configured for I/O address 360 have occasionally hung or had
trouble running DOS applications under Windows 3.1. If this is
encountered, try setting the NE2000 for a lower I/O address.