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From: altman@sbpmt.cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman)
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Subject: Re: Smartdrv.sys hangs machine
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Date: 26 Mar 91 17:51:31 GMT
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In article <106958@unix.cis.pitt.edu> pjp23@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Paul J Pival) writes:
>Config.sys includes device=smartdrv.sys 1024 256 (correct path).  As soon
>as the proper message is displayed upon boot up, the machine hangs.  286-12mhz
>clone with 1.5 AboveBoard configured via EMM to extended memory.  Himem.sys
>appears first in config.sys, followed by device=EMM [addresses], then
>dev=smartdrv.sys. Config.sys also includes device=fixt_drv.sys (for
>Golden Bow VFeature Deluxe).  Any ideas will be most appreciated.

This is from the README.TXT file:

SMARTDrive will not run if your hard disk was partitioned using 

one of the following utilities:



  *  Disk Manager (Ontrack Computer Systems)

  *  SpeedStor (Storage Dimensions)

  *  Vfeature Deluxe (Golden Bow Systems)



If your hard disk was partitioned using one of these utilities,

SMARTDrive will not start. Instead, it displays the following 

message:



  Incompatible disk partition detected.



SMARTDrive does this in order to protect your hard disk from 

possible damage. Hard disks partitioned using these three 

utilities are often incompatible with SMARTDrive; running 

SMARTDrive on such a hard disk could destroy the data on that disk.





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- Jeff (jaltman@ccmail.sunysb.edu)