Old Msg: Re: Ram op sys again

Hi Bart,

checking old messages I foud this. Is this fixed now?

> > Is this unzip-program the problem, or xmsdsk.exe?
> It's the FAT32 kernel, in combination with xmsdsk.exe. xmsdsk allocates
> its own DPB (drive parameter block), which is smaller than the DPB used by
> FAT32 drives. Then the kernel writes beyond the end of that DPB and memory
> is trashed.
> 
> I thought I had covered those cases but I haven't. This means that my
> answer to Aitor a few weeks ago was wrong.
> 
> A ramdrive loaded from config.sys should be OK though. In that case the
> kernel allocates the DPB. I haven't checked the TDSK source - maybe it
> allocates more memory for the DPB.
> 
> Or use the FAT16 kernel, which does not use the extended DPB fields at
> all.
> 
> Bart