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From: "soren andersen" <sorentin AT sprynet DOT com>
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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:52:26 -0005
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Subject: Re: TI (Cyrix) 486DLC [A20 line errors]
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On 21 Dec 97 in the matter of TI (Cyrix) 486DLC, Jonathan Anderson wrote:

> I was putting together a 486DLC for a friend, and I decided to put
> OpenDos on it.  There is one problem: whenever I enable the 1KB on-chip
> cache, emm386.exe gives a warning about the A20 line already being
> enabled, refuses to continue, and beeps incessantly.  If I try himem.sys,
> it just gives me the error and refuses to load, although the boot process
> continues.  If I disable the internal cache, both programs work fine. 
> MSDOS 6.22 has no such problem with its himem.sys.  I have tried all of
> the GATEA20 options listed in help, and I would like any other suggestions
> to get it working.

 I need advice on this too. I was getting some kind of error involving the 
A20 line (not the same wording as the above) I think when I first installed 
OpenDOS, but now its gone. I never knew what it meant.

     soren andersen