From: "Alain Toussaint" <alaint AT boisfrancs DOT qc DOT ca>
To: "soren andersen" <sorentin AT sprynet DOT com>, <opendos-support AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: install Win3.1 over Open DOS HELP
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:39:22 -0500
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De : soren andersen <sorentin AT sprynet DOT com>
À : opendos-support AT delorie DOT com <opendos-support AT delorie DOT com>
Date : 22 décembre, 1997 12:48
Objet : install Win3.1 over Open DOS HELP


Greetings,

reply> happy christmas !!


1) WHICH      himem.sys from WHERE? I didn't see himem.sys in the files
installed in
OpenDOS itself. Is it the himem.sys from a version of MSDOS?

reply> there's one available with win 3.1 (and i think the win install
program automatically put it in your config.sys)

2) HOW          to 'install' himem.sys? In the usual way, a line in (yikes
... which
is it ...) CONFIG.SYS or (as i think i recall) AUTOEXEC.BAT?

reply> if win 3.1 doesn't install one,type setup from OpenDOS and from
there,you'll be able to install the one that come with OD (OpenDOS)

3) IF                 I am on the right track, my understanding is that once
you have
provided <himem.sys> for Windows Setup to "see" as it initializes, after
the install is complete one can delete that <himem.sys> from one's drive
and or from one's boot files?

reply> nope,dont erase anything,the line is put in config.sys and if you
erase himem.sys,then config.sys will not be able to load it and you will not
be able to run windows.


I am sorry for the ignorance regarding this. I will certainly go back -- as
i have been -- and relearn my DOS basics as far as himem.sys and what it
does (I once knew and have just forgotten :) ... but in the meantime
specific
advice and/or warnings from users who may have hands-on experience would be
most appreciated.

reply> if you have more questions,mail me from either,the list or privately
at:
alaint AT boisfrancs DOT qc DOT ca if your question is irrelevant to the list.


    Regards,

       soren andersen

reply> Alain Toussaint