Re: CD Rom Drive Problem

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From: John Owen
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 00:00

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In article <829644325snz@cygnetuk.demon.co.uk>, Peter Swanson
<Peter@cygnetuk.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <3170fefc.2522984@news.demon.co.uk>
>           gary@garyw.demon.co.uk "Gary Williams" writes:
>> >
>> Try moving these lines to the top of the Config.sys file, Stacker
>> generally likes to do its thing first and can be very put out if other
>> drivers are using memory it wants.
>
>Thanks for your advice, which I have implemented. Still no joy, but now at 
>least I get error messages!
>1) EMM386 has detected error #6 at memory address 00B8:F02F
>2) EMM386 has detected error #3 at memory address 00B8:0050
>Anyone know what these mean?
>

I think you still need:

DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

at the very top of config.sys .... As far as I know, you can't use the
DEVICEHIGH command until HIMEM.SYS and EMM386 have been installed.

-- 
    John Owen       Wirral, Merseyside.      john@vwlowen.demon.co.uk

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