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From: swg@ncs-med.UUCP (Stephen W. Glennon)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Problem with zoo201
Keywords: zoo execution error
Message-ID: <977@ncs-med.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 89 22:30:34 GMT
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Organization: Dimensional Medicine, Inc.  Minnetonka, MN.
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I am having trouble with zoo201.  Where did I go wrong?

I saved the three parts of the zoo201 executable and ran them through 
the combine script.  The resulting zoo201.exe file was the correct size 
and the checksum was correct.

I then used to kermit (with file type set to binary) to move the 
file to a VAX 8350 and then kermit again (with file type set to binary
again) to move the file to a PS/2 Model 30 with 640k of memory running 
pc-dos 3.3.  The file started out as 87447 bytes on unix and ended up 
as 89636 bytes on the ps/2.  (A difference I take to be due to the 
granularity of file storage on the ps/2 though it seems suspiciously
large.)

When I tried to start the self-extraction process I got the message:
	Program too big to fit in memory

According to chkdsk --> 654336 bytes total memory
			525152 bytes free

The dos manual informs me that this error message occurs when "the
file containing the command cannot be loaded because it is larger
than the available free memory".  The suggested corrective action is
to use fewer buffers.  So I deleted everything except the country line 
from the config.sys file and rebooted.

Now chkdsk shows    --> 596480 bytes free

I tried the self-extraction process again and got the same error.

The manual says "If the message reappears, your system does not have 
enough memory to execute the command."  So much for reading the manual.


Does this *really* mean that zoo201 needs more than 596480 bytes to 
extract itself?  Did the executable get hopelessly mangled by kermit, 
or is something else wrong?  Can anyone provide me with enlightenment?

				Thanks most hopefully!

	-Steve Glennon-		...!rutgers!umn-cs!ncs-med!swg