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From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg)
Subject: Smartdrv.sys question again
Message-ID: <1991May5.211425.3832@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Summary: help with loading windows 
Keywords: smartdrv, cache
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sun, 5 May 91 21:14:25 GMT

I know there was a discussion a while ago about how smartdrv
didn't work all that great, and people were suggesting
hyperdisk and pckwick's cache as alternatives.  Well, smartdrv
used to trash everything in my system, o I gave up on it long
ago.  Recently, however, someone pointed out there was a newer
version of smartdrv on cica, so I got a hold of it, and it
seems to (at least) not trash everything....on the other hand,
it doesn't work totally, either.  Here's what happens...I hope
somebody will be able to suggest how to avoid this problem.  I
have smartdrv set up with 1024 and 256 memory (I have 1.5 meg
extended memory).  When I boot, the windows banner comes up
and then leaves the screen, then the hourglass comes up in the
middle of the screen, with the desktop wallpaper visible.
That is as far as it goes.  The hourglass is moveable around
the screen (via my mouse), but no icons come up, or anything.
If I disable smartdrv in my config.sys file, everything works
fine.  Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks very much.
Gerry
ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu