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From: sc05@harvey.gte.com (Shih-Chio Chang)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Permanent Swap File
Summary: RE: Permanent Swap File
Message-ID: <10080@bunny.GTE.COM>
Date: 20 Nov 90 17:02:00 GMT
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In article <1990Nov19.230221.15917@sj.ate.slb.com>, poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
> In article <90320.121007YTHRROUS@MTUS5.BITNET> YTHRROUS@MTUS5.BITNET (Roger Rouse) writes:
> >What version of DOS are you using?  I had a similar problem in trying to
> >create a permanent file of D:.  I was using DOS3.3 with a Seagate Drive
> >manager (which allowed > 32Mb partitions).  Windows didn't recognize the
> >large partition as being a DOS partition, and wouldn't let me make a
> >swapfile there.
> >
> >Roger
> 
> 
> Using a disk manager under windows 3.0 is dangerous, but using it and running
> a permanaent swap file is asking for disaster!
> 

I am using Compaq DOS 3.31, which supports "big foot" disk partitions out of
the box.  There is no disk manager involved.  (Personally, I think 3.31 is
the best compromise in the current DOS world -- supports larger than 32 MB
partition while smaller (it's own size) than 4.x.)

Someone has suggested that the larger than 32 MB partition could be the cause
of the trouble, yet windows did not complain when creating a swap file in
real mode, and continued to recognize it in real mode.  Someone else suspected
it has to do with the installation of SDK.  I do not know about that one.
I do not want to reinstall SDK, because that involves reinstallation of
WindowMaker -- too much trouble for something that many people are warning
againt (although that's the reason I like to find out myself).

S.C. Chang
GTE Labs
schang@gte.com