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From: dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan  Ludirdja)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: SMARTDRV and PKZIP problem
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Date: 13 Jan 91 21:01:01 GMT
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v105mahs@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Peter P Donohue) writes:


>   This question isn't about Windows per se, but about a few of the drivers
>that came with MS Windows 3.0.  The problem I am having is with SMARTDRV 
                                                                 ^^^^^^^^
>(which came with Windows) and PKZIP (the archive program by Phil Katz).
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   I was going through trying to improve the performance of my machine by
>installing the disk cache program that came with Windows.  I installed it as:
>	DEVICE=C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.SYS 2048 512
                  ^^^

  I'm just curious whether you're using the DOS version or Windows version.


>   When I add that line to my CONFIG.SYS and leave everything else the same,
>it causes PKZIP to freeze.  Everything else seems to run fine, even PKUNZIP.
>I have tried using a fresh copy of PKZIP, but to no avail.  I have also 
>tried allocating smaller cache sizes for SMARTDRV. 
>   My machine is a 386 with 4 meg of memory (high memory is extended, not 
>EMS).  The only drivers and TSRs that I install are DMDRVR.BIN (the driver
                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>that comes with Segate disk controllers), HIMEM.SYS (comes with Windows), and
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>my mouse driver.

 It is very likely that the problem is conflict with this driver!.
 I had experience before that I couldn't use Shell from BASICA, Lotus and some
 other popular software when I format the HD (seagate 251-1) with Ontrack
 disk manager (using DMDRVR.bin)

>   Any ideas?  I would really like to be able to use a disk cache program.  
>Please reply by mail.  I will post a summary if people desire it.  Thanks 
>in advance for any info.

 Back up your HD and reformat. Don't use Ontrack disk manager!.
 
 
>						Pete

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>Peter P. Donohue - University at Buffalo, Graduate School of Management
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 Good luck

 Darmawan 
 dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu