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  .From: Jon.Biddell@unsw.edu.au (Jon Biddell)
  .Subject: Re: Can't create swap file
  .Message-ID: <Jon.Biddell.128.711086698@unsw.edu.au>
  .Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 04:04:58 GMT

JB.In article <19321.2a532ce7@ul.ie> kingc@ul.ie writes:
  .>From: kingc@ul.ie
  .>Subject: Can't create swap file
  .>Date: 2 Jul 92 16:20:55 GMT

JB.>Hi,
  .>  I've just got a new 100MB IDE hard disk for my machine, and reinstalled
  .>windows and all my other software (plus a lot more). However, when I try
  .>and set up virtual memory, I get an message telling me that windows cannot
  .>set up a permanent swap file due to the way my disk is partioned.
  .>  Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this? (preferably without having
  .>to reformat and reload everything as I don't have a tape drive or a week to
  .>spare)

JB.>My partition setup is:

JB.>5MB primary partition (bootable) C: with DOS/QEMM/STACKER/NDD (full)
  .>95MB extended partition =
  .>  40MB D: 37MB STACKERed for applications,    3MB free
  .>  20MB E: \TEMP dir and swap file            (empty)
  .>  12MB F: \WORK dir                          (10MB free)
  .>  23MB G: STACKERed for games                (750K free)

JB.>H: & I: = STACKER virtual drives
  .>W:      = SUBST drive for WINDOWS and its apps (H:\WINDOWS)

JB.>The reason for so many partitions is to keep my work files away from
  .>the STACKER volumes (got thrashed before) and to keep the temp files
  .>and the swap file in the middle of the disk to speed up access.
  .>(is that sensible, BTW?)
  .>My machine is a 486 with 4MB running DOS5, QEMM 6.1 and WINDOWS 3.1
  .The main problem here is tht Windows does not like creating it's swap file
  .in a STACKER'd drive - it MUST be in the ORIGINAL drive C: (are you swapping
  .the drives after boot ???  If so, the swap file must be ing the NON-STACKER'
  .D drive).

FWIW, Jon is absolutely correct.  The PERMANENT swap file cannot be a
STACKER'd disk.  I have always setup my STACKER'd C: drive with plenty
of uncompressed space -- about 8 meg -- just for the permanent swap
file.  For example, I have 4 partitions (on a total of 2 drives), all
swapped (SSWAP.COM), so C: becomes G:, with G: the uncompressed drive.
I have the basic root files on G:, along with 2 subdirectories, \STACKER
and \QEMM; I think it ends being about 600kbytes, or so.  The rest is
all permanent swap file space.  Then Autoexec.bat contains a statement
SET TEMP=g:\, and the appropriate similar statement exists in
SYSTEM.INI.  Now, TEMPORARY swap files can be on a STACKER'd drive, but
with the SET command above, mine are also on the uncompressed area - just for
grins!  :-)


Regards,
Todd

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