SETUP.TXT Contains Smartdrive and Stacker Error (83424)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q83424

SUMMARY

There is an error in the SETUP.TXT file that is copied into the Windows directory during installation of Windows 3.1. Under the "Using Stacker" heading, there is a section that discusses using the SmartDrive disk cache program on an uncompressed drive. The error reads as follows:
For example, if the Stacker swap utility swaps drives C and D so that C is compressed and D is uncompressed, you would include the following line in your CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE C- D+

MORE INFORMATION

This line should be placed in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (not in the CONFIG.SYS file), as follows:

<drive>:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE C- D+

Windows 3.1 loads the SMARTDRV.EXE cache device driver in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Only the double buffer device driver (if necessary) is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/10/2003
Keywords:KB83424
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