basic config.sys for 16 meg ram on Compaq 486?
Date: 1995/08/26
Message-ID: <41mf6m$rfe_at_makai.maui.net>#1/1
Please help me with this relatively basic, but crucial question:
I installed Personal Oracle 7 and cannot start it -- it says I don't have
enough memory.
My system:
Compaq Deskpro 66M (486)
Ram: 16 meg.
Hard Drive: 500 meg hard drive.
DOS: DOS 6.0 by Compaq.
Software: Windows 3.1, Personal Oracle 7 for Windows (needs 16 meg ram).
Monitor: Compaq 1024 monitor running in SVGA mode (256 colors).
My problem is: Oracle will not start because I cannot get EMM386.EXE to work. I started up EMM386 using the config.sys file shown below.
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM X=D000-D07F FRAME=E000 VERBOSE OS=HIGH,UMB
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:2048
REM BUFFERS=50
BUFFERS=30
STACKS=9,256
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
LASTDRIVE=Z
I get the error messages on boot:
invalid parameter specified.
XMS manager not available.
I found two different copies of EMS386.exe in my directories: one in C:\DOS and a newer one in C:\WINDOWS. I backed up the old one and copied the newer one into C:\DOS. I also tried removing all the parameters from the device line and still got an error. What should I do next?
Carol McCullough (808)875-2926
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Received on Sat Aug 26 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST