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STAC ELECTRONICS
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT BULLETIN
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NUMBER: 017
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SUBJECT: MAXIMIZE by Qualitas Corp.
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DATE: September 6, 1991
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TIME: 4:30 PM
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SOURCE: Tech Support
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SUPERCEDES/ TECH002
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SUPERCEDED BY:
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RELEASE STATUS: Public
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TITLE: Using MAXIMIZE memory optimizer with SSWAP
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OVERVIEW:
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Maximize doesn't "know" about situations in which drive letters are
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abruptly switched during boot. This situation occurs when the Stac
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program SSWAP is used during the execution of config.sys.
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ISSUES/COMMENTS:
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This procedure requires a bootable diskette. Refer to the FORMAT
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command in your DOS manual for instructions on creating one.
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386MAX and BLUEMAX are equivalent programs for 386 based clones and
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386 based PS/2 machines respectively. In this technote, the term
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386MAX is used to refer to both programs.
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RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
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This procedure is to be used with the Qualitas Corp. program MAXIMIZE
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to modify your config.sys and autoexec.bat files to load all possible
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programs and drivers into high memory. It is designed to be used
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from a bootable diskette.
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This procedure is NOT necessary if:
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1. A Stacker volume is not installed on drive C:, or
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2. The Stacker volume installed on C: is not being SSWAPed.
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For either of these situations, simply MAXIMIZE according to the
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Qualitas instructions.
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You will need to know which drive letter refers to your boot drive.
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This can be determined by running the Stacker utility SWAPMAP. One
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of the lines will look like...
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Drive x: was drive C: at boot time
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Whatever letter is "x:" will be the boot drive. In the procedure
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below, the boot drive is referred to as "x:".
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IF YOU ARE INSTALLING 386MAX FOR THE FIRST TIME...
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After booting normally, exit any shell program you may be using and
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unswap your boot drive by entering: SSWAP C: x: Then install MAX.
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DO NOT exercise the option to MAXIMIZE at this time.
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STEP 1.
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If you've just installed 386MAX...
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Assuming you used the default installation options and the 386MAX
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files are all in x:\386MAX, enter the commands below and reboot the
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computer.
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MKDIR C:\386MAX
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COPY x:\386MAX\*.* C:\386MAX
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STEP 2.
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Insert the bootable diskette into drive A: and enter the commands...
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COPY x:\CONFIG.SYS A:\
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COPY x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT A:\
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COPY x:\386MAX\MAXIMIZE.EXE A:\
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COPY x:\386MAX\MAXIMIZE.TRM A:\
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STEP 3.
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Edit the autoexec.bat file on A: and insert the line...
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PATH=C:\
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as the first line. Save the modified autoexec.bat file.
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STEP 4.
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Boot the computer from this diskette and run MAXIMIZE. MAXIMIZE will
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ask you to press Enter to reboot. Do so.
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STEP 5.
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During this phase MAXIMIZE will give you the option of excluding
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programs in config.sys from consideration for being loaded high.
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Exclude any occurrances of SSWAP.COM from consideration. After a
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similar choice is made for autoexec.bat, the computer will reboot
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for the final phase.
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STEP 6.
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Enter the following commands...
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COPY A:\CONFIG.SYS x:\
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COPY A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT x:\
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then reboot the computer.
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STEP 7.
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If you wish to return to your former configuration enter...
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COPY A:\CONFIG.MAX x:\CONFIG.SYS
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COPY A:\AUTOEXEC.MAX x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
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then reboot the computer.
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