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Is this it? (in part) README 23,683 .a.. 4-07-92 6:00:00
"Additional information
This section of the Release Notes describes features of DR DOS 6.0
that are not explained elsewhere in the DR DOS 6.0 documentation.
Microsoft Windows 3.1
DR DOS 6.0 is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1.
The Windows 3.1 default drive for temporary swap files is the drive
on which Windows was installed. If Windows is installed on a
SuperStor drive it is recommended that users change the default
drive for swap files to an uncompressed drive. This should be done
for both temporary and permanent swap files. Use the 386
Enhanced option from Control Panel to change swap files.
If Super PC-Kwik is already loaded when you install Windows 3.1,
you are informed by the Windows SETUP program that SUPERPCK.EXE
is running and you are warned that your system may fail; ignore
this message and continue with the Windows installation procedure.
Windows 3.1 makes changes to autoexec.bat and config.sys on
installation. It is recommended that you make a backup of these
files.
By default, Windows installs the SMARTDrive disk cache program
and the HIMEM.SYS memory manager. However, the DR DOS 6.0 disk
cache, Super PC-Kwik, and the DR DOS 6.0 MemoryMAX drivers provide
superior functionality over the Windows 3.1 SMARTDrive disk cache
and HIMEM.SYS. To use Super PC-Kwik and the DR DOS MemoryMAX
drivers, instead of SMARTDrive and HIMEM.SYS, you simply remove one
line from your autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Edit autoexec.bat
to remove the line
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
and edit config.sys to remove the line
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
The above lines should be removed after Windows 3.1 has been
installed but prior to rebooting.
If you are using the DR DOS 6.0 EMM386.SYS MemoryMAX driver, Windows
may also replace the EMM386.SYS line in your config.sys file with
the Windows EMM386.EXE line. As a result of this change, your system
may generate an error message when rebooting. The EMM386 line should
be changed back to its original form after installing Windows 3.1 for
your system to boot properly. Refer to the backup of your config.sys
to be sure that you have the correct syntax.
The Windows 3.1 installation will also insert a STACKS command
into the CONFIG.SYS. Even though DR DOS does not use a STACKS
command the line can be left in CONFIG.SYS. No error will
result.
DR DOS 6.0 is compatible with both the SMARTDrive disk cache and
with HIMEM.SYS. If you want to continue using these drivers, you
must run the DR DOS SETUP program, and remove MemoryMAX and Super
PC-Kwik. However, if you do use SMARTDrive instead of Super PC-Kwik,
do not use the SMARTDrive + option to enable caching on a SuperStor
compressed drive. Unexpected errors may result when this option is
used.
EMM386.SYS supports upper memory for Windows 3.1 running in Standard
or Enhanced mode. You no longer need to use the /WINSTD option on the
EMM386.SYS command line to run Windows 3.1 in Standard mode.
NOTE: Machines that have LPT1 ports and are using NE2000 network
cards configured for I/O address 360 have occasionally hung or had
trouble running DOS applications under Windows 3.1. If this is
encountered, try setting the NE2000 for a lower I/O address."
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Pres
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At 12:29 PM 3/7/00 +0900, you wrote:
>Does anybody have the patch archive for DR-DOS (6?) that was release a
>couple of week after MS Windows 3.11 hit the streets to overcome the problem
>where the Windows installation would abort half way through if DR-DOS was
>found? I think it was DR-DOS 6 and Win3.11 (not 3.1) but it's been quite a
>while now. I'm particularly interested in the readme that was with the patch
>and described both the problem and the fix.
>
>
>Does anyone know if the old DR-DOS/Novell NDSG message list and file archive
>from CompuServe are archived away somewhere and available for download?
>
>
>Thanks
>Mike Petrie
>
>mike AT petrie DOT u-net DOT com
>WordSTAR Add-In for Word Home Page:
>http://www.petrie.u-net.com/
>
>
>
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