Hello Ben - At 11:21 AM 11/5/02 -0000, you wrote:
>> DrDOS does not have a HIMEM.SYS driver. As with QEMM, >> the two are combined into one driver. >Hmm... ISTR OpenDOS 7 (now DR-DOS 7) does have a HIMEM.SYS, but it's only >used on pre-386 machines (i.e. those that can't run EMM386.EXE). Yes, it does have a file by that name. The file is NOT for the same purpose as MSDOS HIMEM.SYS and therefore not relevant as a part of the solution to the question that was being asked. >I used it >on my old 286s under OpenDOS 7.01. Until the hard drives decided to die >within a couple of months of each other, but that's a whole other story. Yes, that IS another story. >But you're quite right in that HIMEM.SYS isn't required on a 386 under >DR-DOS, of course. It's not that it is not _required_ it would be a MISTAKE to use it on a 386 or above running DrDOS. Some do use MSDOS HIMEM.SYS with DrDOS to 'see' more than 32mb of memory but none of this is relevant to a solution to the question. If we digress far enough and mention enough variations we may be able to thoroughly confuse everyone and find no solution. btw: After further reading re:DrDOS it seems that it was rewritten to handle files a bit differently than MSDOS. It is entirely possible that NWCACHE is more compatible with DrDOS than SMARTDRV will be. If so, SMARTDRV should be removed from the configuration and NWCACHE used in it's place but BOTH cache should not be used at the same time. Charles Angelich The Ghost in the Machine! DOS and W31 Tech website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ Stories, poems, MP3/MIDI music, and photos website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
