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Re: Problems with SMARTDRIVE and PATH

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From: Greg Cook|xxxxxx
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 16:29
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From article <1993Jan9.141024.46261@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, by rsl11@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu:
> 1. TO simulate disk cache with dos and windows you can either put the
> statements
> a) devicehigh=c:\smartdrv.sys     in the config.sys file or
> b) loadhigh=c:\smartdrv.exe       in the autoexec.bat file
> 
> What is the difference between the 2 statements?
> Also, how much cache would be recommended to have with a total of 4MB ram when
> you run windows?

I'm not sure about the difference (if there is any).  I have mine set up for
dos with 1024 and win with 1024 (c:\smartdrv.exe 1024 1024).  This seems to
work fine, though I don't have things exactly optimized yet.

> 2. I have aproblem with the path statement of dos.
> If I type the following statement in the dos prompt
> PATH = C:\DOS; C:\WINDOWS; C:\STACKER;
                                       ^ remove this semicolon.
you also may want to take out the spaces between the directories.

> in capital letters it works but if I put it in a batch file such as the
> autoexec.bat file it tells me "Too many parameters". Does anybody have any
> ideas as to what the problem might be?

I don't know why this works in caps.  It shouldn't matter. 
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