Message-ID: <19971126230725.23139.qmail@hotmail.com>
From: "Chris Wilson" <chrisperrywilson AT hotmail DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Questions About DRIVPARM and TaskMgr
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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:07:24 PST
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I have two questions. First, I have an old, old, old 8088. I recently
installed a 3 1/2 disk drive on it. 720K disks work fine, but I get a
"sector not found" error or "general error" when trying to use 1.44 MB
disks. Using the /I switch on DRIVPARM is supposed to install some sort
of software driver to allow old BIOSes to access 1.44 MB drives. The
/I switch is documented in DOSBook, but when I actually add it in the
CONFIG.SYS file, I get an error when OpenDOS starts. What happend to
the I switch? Also, is it supported in Matthias Paul's IBMBIO.COM?
Second, I have another 8088. When I try to start TaskMgr, it tells me I
need an XMS driver, and then the system hangs. I don't have any XMS
memory, and even when I do load the HIMEM.SYS driver, the system hangs
when DOS starts. I don't know wha the problem is, because my other 8088
has the identical configuration, and TaskMgr works perfectly on it. Any
one know the problem? Thanx in advance.

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