At 10:53 AM 11/4/02 -0500, Tony Parker wrote: <snipped>
Would you be willing to post your autoexec.bat, setramd.bat, msdos.sys and config.sys files to show us how you loaded Fractint into the RAMDRIVE?
Here are the config.sys and autoexec.bat files I use with my dedicated Fractint machine. I have also included the directory of all files on the DOS-6.22 boot disk, which on start-up takes the machine directly into the Fractint program, with 634,144 bytes of conventional memory free. The last line in the autoexec.bat file runs a file named fr.bat, which in turn runs fractint.exe. (It is simpler and faster to type <fr> than to type <fractint>.) I do not use the setramd.bat or msdos.sys files. I also find that running command.com from a ramdrive speeds up things even more. CONFIG.SYS FILE device=himem.sys/testmem:off dos=high,umb fcbs=20,0 files=40 buffers=20,0 numlock=off switches=/f stacks=0,0 device=emm386.exe noems devicehigh=mouse.sys devicehigh=ansi.sys devicehigh=ramdrive.sys 8000 /e devicehigh=ramdrive.sys 64 /e AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE @echo off prompt=$P$G set dircmd=/o:d set comspec=E:\command.com smartdrv.exe /x path C:\FIRST;C:\ mode con rate=32 delay=1 copy A:\command.com E:\ copy C:\fr\*.* D:\ ;this line loads Fractint into the ramdrive cls D:\ del *.gif del *.par del *.map fr ;this line starts Fractint from the ramdrive DIRECTORY OF THE DOS-6.22 BOOT DISK command.com config.sys himem.sys emm386.exe mouse.sys ansi.sys smartdrv.exe ramdrive.sys mode.com diskcomp.com diskcopy.com autoexec.bat Jim M.