Xref: utzoo comp.os.msdos.apps:1034 comp.os.msdos.misc:1128 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!nic.stolaf.edu!uafhp!mamos From: mamos@uafhp.uark.edu (Mark _E_ Amos) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 permanent swap file Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 91 01:09:44 GMT References: <26857@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Sender: news@acc.stolaf.edu Organization: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Lines: 32 jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes: >I just got Windows 3.0 for my machine and have been tinkering with the idea >of setting up a permanent swap file....could someone please tell me how to >do this since all the docs I can see seem to be on temp swap files. > A portion of the most recent (Vol.10 No.4) of PC MAG is transcribed below - I used this method and it worked quite well. (It is assumed you have a 386 box of some sort, as the swapfile is not used except in Enhanced mode.) "Before installing a swapfile be sure to run a defragmenter like Norton Utilities SPEED DISK first. Then run Windows in Real mode (win /r), close ALL utility applications except Program Manager, select File Run from the menu, and run SWAPFILE.EXE." They go on to recommend the size - I use 8Meg, but I had 16Meg to play with. They mention half of what SWAPFILE tells you is AVAILABLE is best, or if that is too much use 1/3 (e.g. If you have 6Meg available, use 2Meg). BTW, this issue has a HUGE area about Windows, so I recommend you pick it up if you want to optimize.... -- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Mark _E_ Amos University of Arkansas Computer Science Engineering mamos@uafhp.uark.edu mea1@engr.uark.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Man's mind, when stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimension." -Oliver Wendell Holmes oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo