Bernd Martin wrote:
>
> I have adjusted autoexec.bat and config.sys, and choose the
> graphic card Trident 800x600. Then Arachne starts:
> The two grey headlines (Arachne ..)are visible, one line at the
> bottom (copyrigth ...) and then two rectangular grey areas at
> the rbottom rigth corner of the screen in the upper field
> (of this two) a message appears: DOS Memory (KB) 4303 [+] ,
> Festplatte 0 [!!!]. Then at the top of the screen the following
> message comes still: memory allocation error; Command cannot
> be loaded, system halted.
This sounds like either a memory management problem or bad memory.
I have no idea what Festplatte 0 [!!!] might be but DOS mem 4303 kb is crazy.
> If I remove smartdrive and keyb.com from the autoexec.bat
> (to get more memory) the following message appears after
> the harddisk wws engaged in work for quite a long time: Stack
> overflow.
You have enough memory to get started, judging from the following:
> Frei 728,784 (712K) 622,176 (608K) 106,608 (104K)
If you reduce stacks to 0,0 you will have more.
The harddisk was working a lot because you did not have the cache installed.
Smartdrive installs in the upper memory blocks so it does not impact on Arachne.
The stack overflo is probably related to the original memory allocation problem.
> Here some additional information:
>
> At our school we have some old 386�s (with 8 MB Ram and
> without Windows), which we want to use for Internet-access.
> During setup I choose XMS and VG.A
>
> Betriebssystem / operating system: MS-Dos 6.22
> Grafik-Karte /graphic card : Trident TVGA 512K
> Monitor: AOC CMLB-337
> Netzkarte / netcard: NE2000 kompatibel / compatible
> Autoexec.bat
>
> @ECHO OFF
> LH C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
> PROMPT $p$g
> PATH c:\mouse;C:\DOS
> LH MOUSE SER 1
> SET TEMP=C:\Temp
Remove the following:
------------------------------------
> SET ARACHNE=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> SET ARACHNETEMP=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> SET MYIP=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> SET REMIP=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> SET NETMASK=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> SET PEERMRU=vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
------------------------------------- Down to here --------------.
> lh c:\dos\keyb.com gr
>
> Config.sys
>
> DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS ***** Remove /TESTMEM:OFF (You may have problem)
> DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN
> BUFFERS=20,0 <--------- Change to 20 (,0 is default anyway)
> FILES=60
> DOS=high,UMB <--------- Try to move to before Buffers (?)
> LASTDRIVE=E
> FCBS=4,0
> stacks=20,512 <--------- Change to 0,0
> rem DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
Nothing I have suggested above will fix the memory allocation error.
Possibly Himem.sys will report a problem when it tests the memory.
My only other suggestion is to try the installation on one of the other
machines. If it behaves the same, there could be an error in the file you
downloaded or in Himem.sys I guess.
- Clarence Verge
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