Scandisk won't run without himem.sys installed.  This is normally
handled by dos without a device=himem.sys line in config.sys since
microsoft loads certain defaults, but if himem is not found and there
is no config.sys file pointing to its location, the boot finishes without
any messages.  This condition happens most frequently when a boot diskette
or cd that does not contain himem.sys is used.
Tom Turak

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Barry Marler
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 11:50 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] SCANDISK won't run in DOS


I'm a long-time MkLinux user who has just migrated to the Intel platform.
I've just built a Win98/Linux box from scratch, and in preparing to
install Mandrake Linux, rebooted into DOS to run scandisk before
partitioning
my hd.  I get the following message:

There is not enough free conventional memory to check a disk.

You may need to remark (REM) some device drivers from your CONFIG.SYS
file.  Or, in your CONFIG.SYS file, you may need to load the EMM386.EXE
driver to load your other device drivers into the Upper Memory Blocks
using DEVICEHIGH= statements.


What's this all about?  Scandisk runs in Windows. Although I'm a grizzled
Linux veteran, I freely admit to being a DOS neophyte.  This is the
system, more or less:

SOYO SY-6BA+ III
PIII 450
IBM 14.4 GB DTTA-371440
one 128 MB DIMM
Creative Graphic Blaster Riva TNT 16 MB
Creative Sound Blaster Live! Value
Toshiba SD-M1212 6X-DVD-ROM
Hollywood Plus DVD/MPEG-3 Decoder Card

Here's my config.sys:

device=C:\WINDOWS\himem.sys
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
DEVICE=C:\CDPRO\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MSCD001

Thanks.


/b
----------------------------
Barry Marler
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
University of Georgia
(706)542-0742 (voice)
(706)542-0059 (fax)

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