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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Windows & Enhanced mode
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Date: 28 Jan 91 04:49:40 GMT
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In article <1991Jan27.235629.4920@eddie.mit.edu> pjnesser@fenchurch.mit.edu (Philip John Nesser) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I just recently purchased 386/33 machine with a SVGA monitor (lucky me)
>with 8 meg of ram.  I very much want to run windows3.0 in the enhanced 386
>mode to use all of this wonderful ram but whenever I start windows it just
>sits there at the Microsoft Logo and never does anything else.  After a
>long time it finally exits with the error "Can't find file knrl386.exe"
>which is currently in the system subdirectoy of my windows directory just
>as it was when installed.  Someone suggested that I need to run a memory
>manager like qemm.  I did and I can't seem to get the configuration right
>to get window to run at all.  Another person suggested I need to have the
>Shadow bios turned on for my video ram but I don't know how to do this.  I
>currently have three devices in my config.sys.
>
>device=c:\dm.sys(Its not really dm but it is the driver that allows me to
>access my 330 meg drive)
>
>device=c:\himem.sys
>device=c:\smartdrive.sys 2048 1024

Well, first off, make sure that you won't trash your hard drive via using
a disk manager along with Windows in 386 mode.  There have been numerous
postings on the subject.

Second:  You shouldn't need to turn ON shadowing at all.  If anything, 
shadowing interferes with normal operation.

Third:  You shouldn't need anything but HIMEM.SYS loaded.

Fourth:  You didn't mention what kind of SVGA card you have.  This makes
a big difference!  Have you tried running Windows in normal  (/S or /R)
mode?  Does it work?  Also, have you tried setting up windows for 
normal VGA mode instead of SVGA.

We used to have MicroLabs Ultimate VGA cards (16-bit w/512K) and they
worked fine except in WIN /3 with SVGA.  They did exactly what you
described.  The problem was the drivers shipped with the board.  The
board, by the way, uses the ET4000 chip set.

Brian