[Trlog] config.sys and other issues

[Steve London]

Okay...a little more experimentation and follow-up....

It looks like smartdrv only becomes effectual when executed from within 
a DOS shell.  Once I type "smartdrv c+ " from the DOS prompt it works 
correctly and my problems are solved.

However, this brings up the question of how to "correctly" do this with 
a Windows 98 machine ?  I want this computer to default boot to Win 98, 
not DOS.  Right now, I bring it into DOS by hitting F8 as it is booting 
up, and entering the "command prompt" option. The autoexec.bat and 
config.sys seem to be getting executed, although the smartdrv in the 
config.sys doesn't work.

Is there a better way ?

73,
Steve, N2IC

Steve London wrote:
> My venerable 25 MHz 486 was trashed by lightning, just before the 
> September Sprint, and I'm now using a 200 MHz Pentium (I always was a 
> state-of-the-art person !).
> 
> Despite having smartdrv enabled, I'm having a problem with disk drive 
> contention. The problem is most noticible in a Sprint S&P exchange - the 
> way TR works, the QSO gets logged to disk as soon as I hit the Enter 
> key, which also causes my exchange to be sent. However, the CW sending 
> is being delayed by the write to the disk. It's as if the smartdrv isn't 
> working.  Here's the config.sys:
> 
> FILES = 30
> STACKS = 18,512
> DEVICE = C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
> DEVICE = C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
> DEVICEHIGH = C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE C+
> 
> The SMARTDRV does show up under mem/classify .
> 
> Yes, it's an old 5 Gb disk drive in the Pentium, but could it really be 
> slower than the 300 Mb drive in my old 486 ?
> 
> Suggestions ?
> 
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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