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In <3td5f6$cd1@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU>, s9312643@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (George Vlahoulis) writes:
>Hi all, I just upgraded my system from a 486-33dx 8MB to a P90 with 16MB and dos 
>sessions refuse to work. every time a dos session is started a SYS3175 error is
>returned and the session is killed.
>
>Nothing else is wrong its only the dos sessions that dont work. Very strange...

Just a thought - when reconfiguring the system, did you reboot, use 
Alt-F1 and then select reversion to VGA? If so, I suggest reinstalling
the VGA drivers from the selective install object. I have seen the 
behaviour you describe on other systems.

Re: reinstalling video drivers without running SVGA.EXE: I'd suggest 
trying SVGA ON DOS under DOS, then renaming the resulting SVGADATA.DOS
to SVGADATA.PMI. Then, replace the SVGA.EXE program with anything else
that will run ineffectively - maybe XCOPY.EXE or something. It will 
produce an error message but won't over-write the SVGADATA.PMI file 
you've already created and installation can then continue correctly.

An alternative technique is to replace the Warp SVGA.EXE with the 2.11
SVGA.EXE - it will still work.

In both cases, be advised that after installation, the UNPACK utility 
will have unpacked a new copy of the Warp SVGA.EXE so you'll need to 
replace it before reinstalling each time. If you have the Warp 
toolkit, you can use the PACK utility to create an updated VGA file 
(I've been meaning to get around to doing that for my own system).

--- Les

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