MSDOS 4.01 bug ??

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc

Article #8984

Back to comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Previous Next

#8984

From: Onno van der Linden
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1991 16:11

26 lines
1325 bytes

 Hi,

 Take a look at this config.sys:

files=30
stacks=0,0
country=31,,\system\country.sys
shell=system\command.com c:\system /p
device=\system\emm386.sys 2432
rem buffers in expanded memory
buffers=20/x
rem cache in expanded memory
device=\system\smartdrv.sys /a

 Only an example,but it gives "Error in CONFIG.SYS line 7" after startup.
The error will appear with smartdrive version 2.10 (comes with msdos 4.01)
and smartdrive version 3.03 (comes with windows3).The order of the buffers=
and the smartdrv.sys statement doesn't matter (they should both be after the
expanded memory manager).
 The error will not appear if you use buffers=20 instead of buffers=20/x.
This brings me to the $0.02 question:
 Who is to blame for this behaviour:smartdrv.sys,msdos 4.01 or me ?

Onno van der Linden
linden@fwi.uva.nl

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1991Apr3.161103.10405@fwi.uva.nl>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!fwi.uva.nl!linden

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!fwi.uva.nl!linden
From: linden@fwi.uva.nl (Onno van der Linden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: MSDOS 4.01 bug ??
Summary: smartdrv.sys vs. buffers=20/x
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.161103.10405@fwi.uva.nl>
Date: 3 Apr 91 16:11:03 GMT
Sender: news@fwi.uva.nl
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Lines: 26
Nntp-Posting-Host: victor.fwi.uva.nl