Bill,
You can't load EMM386 in your Autoexec.bat. Your config.sys should
look like this:
dos=high,umb
buffers=40
device=c:\windows\himem.sys /testmem:off
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
device=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 1024 512 64 /e
This will solve your problem.
73,
Bob
Robert E. Naumann
N5NJ / V26O
N5NJ@arrl.net
www.qsl.net/n5nj
Plano, TX USA
ex KR2J, V26RN, W6V, WA2OVE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hider" <n3rr@erols.com>
To: <ct-user@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 22:57
Subject: [ct-user] RAMDRIVE for DVP - how to?
>
> How can I create a RAM drive for the DVP so that the DVP data uses
RAM and
> not the harddrive?
>
> Here's the environment:
>
> P-III/1000 MHZ 256 MB/RAM WIN98SE
>
> 1. I have a 30 GB C: HDD and a D: CDROM
> 2. I am running WIN 98SE and booting to F8/Command Prompt Only.
> 3. I modified my Autoexec.bat with the line:
> set DVPPATH=e
> 4. I modified my CONFIG.SYS with the line:
> device=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 1024 512 64 /e
>
> Then, I rebooted, hit F8, selected Command prompt Only
> and received the message that Extended Memory manager was not
available.
>
> I then modified config.sys to include SMARTDRV.sys and autoexec.bat
> to include EMM386.exe, but the error came up: XMS manager not
available.
>
> What is needed to create the RAMDrive in drive E:?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill, N3RR
>
>
>
>
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