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Skriven 2005-04-30 05:29:33 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
     Kommentar till en text av BEN RITCHEY (1:393/68)
Ärende: Windows for Workgroup v3.11
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Hello BEN,

    Responding to a post in the WIN95 area:
    On Friday April 29 2005 at 10:49,
    BEN RITCHEY [1:393/68] wrote to GERALD MILLER,
    about: Re: Windows for Workgroup v3.11

 | GM>> For my next trick, I'm going to install Windows for Workgroup
 | GM>> version 3.11 on a MS-DOS v6.22 computer...... I get as far as
 | GM>> disk #7 and then I get two Application Errors: General
 | GM>> Protection Fault in module KRNL386.EXE and GPF in module
 | GM>> USER.EXE.

 BR> I used to get these all the time (year and a half it took me to figure
 BR> this one out) until I told Wins 3.1 to stop using my video bios area
 BR> as UMB work areas <g>. Try adding "X=C000-CFFF" (no quotes) to the
 BR> EMM386.exe line. Or, use SysChk or MSD to find out where the video
 BR> BIOS is (some are C000-C7FF) and use the actual range. My Config.Sys
 BR> says:

 BR> EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=C000-CFFF D=64

 BR> The "D=64" bumps the default 32 DMA buffers to 64, making something
 BR> run much faster, but I forget what <chuckle>.

 BR> If that does NOT work, go back to MSD and check the memory/RAM map for
 BR> any possible conflicts. I also have a MapMem utility if needed.

Guess what!  I finally got WfW311 onto the DOS box!!!

I thought that the install would go somewhat faster if I put all the files
from the floppy diskettes in one big folder on a CD-RW.  I also put my
network drivers and the TCPIP protocol into their respective folders on
that CD.  Well, that didn't work for me...

Out of patience, I decided to install _EVERYTHING_ from the floppy
diskettes.  I got to disk #7 and was asked about the drivers for the NIC,
so I inserted that diskette, then it asked for disk #7 again and then it
went to ask for disk #8.

I used your EMM386.EXE line in my Config, so I can't say whether your line
was a contributing factor or doing the entire install from the diskettes.
I am saving the EMM386 line for any future installs in any event.

What a pig!

           Thanks ... Gerald

... Difference between a virus & windows?  Viruses never fail.
--- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-040330 [msg of April 30, 2005]
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