Subj : Files on LAN.
To   : mark lewis
From : Dan Egli
Date : Wed Jul 07 2004 07:55 pm

Hey mark,

06 Jul 04 22:48, you wrote to Gerald Miller:

 ML>>> you say BTM... are you running 4DOS or NDOS or similar
 ML>>> instead of native DOS?

 GM>> 4DOS 6.02B   DOS 6.22
 GM>> 4DOS Revision B (131)   DOS Revision A
 GM>> DOS is in HMA

 ml> ok...

 ML>>> do you see the initial FD copyright line before the WFC
 ML>>> screen comes up?

 GM>> Nope.  The BTM runs as far as the next line, gives me an
 GM>> "Access denied G:\AE04F89B.000" and then ceases all
 GM>> activity until I press Ctrl-Break:

 ml> the error is in trying to access that file... its not anything to do
 ml> with x00 or FD...

 GM>> C:\Util\X00153A.EXE E 1 B,0,115200 R=4096 T=1024 F=8 |
 GM>> tee /a %ramd:\x00.log

 GM>> Without "Install=C:\Dos\SHARE.EXE /f:4096 /l:25" in my
 GM>> config.sys file, the above line runs with no problems...
 GM>> ???

 ml> what is G:\AE04F89B.000? what is using it and for what purposes?
That's 4DOS's Swap file. In order to help save memory, 4DOS will swap 90% of 
itself to EMS or XMS or a Disk file, leaving only a stub in memory to reload 
the rest of itself after the command you entered terminates. Since the file is 
actively in use the Access denied makes sense. But if you've got a machine that 
is capable of running a BBS then you shouldn't be using 4DOS's swap to disk 
function.

To set Swap in 4DOS, the easiest way is to use option.exe to modify the INI and 
disable swaping to disk. Just leave EMS and XMS there.

-- Dan

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