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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: How to install stacker (was Re: Stacker Misleads)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.182244.16061@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1feerrINNlrd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <ByL2H5.AB9@tridom.com> <1992Dec1.181224.161@wam.umd.edu> <PS.92Dec19121419@pellava.uta.fi>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:22:44 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In <PS.92Dec19121419@pellava.uta.fi> ps@uta.fi (Pertti Suomela) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec1.181224.161@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
-
- >> Stacker allows you to stack your boot drive. If you do this,
- > ^ partition, I assume
- >> you are _asking_ for trouble (at worst) or a heck of a lot
- >> of hassle (at least--try installing QEMM and running optimize
- >> with your boot disk stackered. Yes, it can be done, but it's
- >> much EASIER to do it this way--so you lose a few megs..) .
-
- >I have a Maxtor 7213 IDE drive (about 210 Mb formatted) which I have
- >only one partition on. I have left about 15 Mb unstackered for files
- >necessary for booting and for windows swap file. I have given the rest
- >of the partition (about 195 Mb) to stacker and it produces now about
- >390 Mb space and the whole setup works just fine. I do not understand,
- >why I shouldn't do it like this.
-
- Which one is your C: drive after the boot completes; the unstacked 15
- MB or the stacked 390 MB?
-
- [In other words, do you have an SSWAP driver loaded for drive C?]
-
- If you have let Stacker 'swap' the drives, so that your 390 MB stacked
- drive is seen as C, you are simply asking for trouble (IMHO).
-
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