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>                                 2002 August 3
>                               Colombo, Sri Lanka
>
> opendos AT delorie DOT com
>
> I have two questions, please:
>
> 1)  In attempt to expand the size of my RAM drive using DOS 6.2, I
>     recently purchased considerably more memory for my Compaq Armada
>     7800 lug-along computer. I attempted to expand the size of my RAM
>     drive by expanding in my config.sys file the statement
>
>                DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 32767 512 224 /E
>
>     Unfortunately, it won't expand. Does anyone know how I can make
>     a large RAM drive of 100 megabytes? Would it help if I used
>     Windows 98 DOS (DOS 7.0)? I will not install Windows on my
>     computer.

I think the size limit is set by the *driver*. And it's really unlikely
that you'll get a RAMdisk driver that'll support a drive that big.

> 2)  I continue to search for some way to use telnet and ftp with DOS.
>     I have tried minuet, pegasus, bobcat, and arachne softwares and
>     cannot make any of them work. Is there a way?

First step is to get a TCP/IP driver for DOS running. Without a packet
driver, you *can't* get the rest running.

ps. I've got a packet driver that works, but it won't co-exist with the
IPX driver for my Netware LAN. The one that's supposed to load on top
of the ODI stack that netware uses doesn't work with my Intel NIC.

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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow{G})
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