Re: [Fractint] Loading FRACTINT into DOS The Ultimate Fractint Boot Disk
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.
Jim: Thanks! I think that using such a boot floppy is really the only way to go if you're stuck using a WinNT, Win2k, or WinXP OS. I'm still battling with the decision to take Win2K off of my Printer Server, and replace it with Win98! I've been running Fractint in a Dos box on one of my other Win98 machines, and after all the various tweaks to the memory handling that have been suggested by members of this e-group, I'm getting great results running Fractint under Win98 in a Dos Box. As I've said before, I think that loading Fractint into memory in a ramdrive like a TSR is just too "piss elegant" for words! I want to try and see if I can tweak and kludge what's in your autoexec.bat and config.sys files to work with DOS 7 which is what get's created by Win98 as a setup/rescue disk. Once the floppy has been created by Win98, all I have to do is edit and comment out the autoexec.bat and config.sys what I need and don't need. Has anyone else out there made such a Fractint boot floppy from the Win98 Dos 7 Boot Floppy? Thanks for all the help! Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Muth" <jamth@mindspring.com> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:36 AM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Loading FRACTINT into DOS The Ultimate Fractint Boot Disk
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.
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Jim, Tim, and everyone else..... ....that have posted answers to all my DOS config.sys and autoexec.bat questions... THANKS FOR THE HELP!. Thanks for Jim's RAMDRIVE config.sys and autoexec.bat files. I've incorporated them into my attempt at a multi-boot DOS 7 -Win98 Boot Menu which hopefully will alow me to come up with all the various optimal configs required for Fractint, FreeGo, DTA, etc.. I've basicaly got one basic config that boots to Windoze98se, another config that boots to a DOS 7.0 with a little xms for running Fractint, and another config that boots DOS 7.0 and loads Fractint onto a RAMDrive. I'm also working on a couple of configs that I'd like to boot a DOS 7,0 environment with DPMI that is required to run FREEGO and DTA, Those little proggies are used to animate Fractint images. FREEGO is really turning out to be an interesting proggie. I've done the best I could given my ignorance, but I still need help with the XMS device statements. It's still a little Kludgey, but it's allowing me to convenirnetly load both Win98 and several different Fractint Friendly configurations. It's a work in progress, I still have many questions on the exact devices statments I should be coding into my config.sys and autoexec.bat. Please feel free to comment on them. BTW I have plenty more questions for you Jim... My config.sys. rem Win98 Config.sys Menu [menu] menucolor=15,4 menudefault=win98se menuitem=win98se, Windows 98 Second Edition menuitem=fractint, Ms-Dos 7.0 System For Running Fractint menuitem=fracram1, Ms-Dos 7.0 RAMDrive System For Running Fractint menuitem=freego, Ms-Dos 7.0 System Optimized For Runnin FreeGo menuitem=asterpro, Ms-Dos 7.0 System Optimized For Asterpro menuitem=cdrom1, Ms-Dos 7.0 System With MS CD-Rom Support menuitem=cdrom2, Ms-Dos 7.0 System With OEM CD-Rom Support [common] DOS=HIGH,UMB BUFFERS=20,4 FILES=99 FCBS=20,0 LASTDRIVE=M shell=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /e:1024 /p [win98se] DEVICE=C:\windows\command\ebd\HIMEM.SYS /HMAmin=40 DEVICE=C:\windows\SETVER.EXE [fractint] devicehigh=C:\windows\command\ebd\HIMEM.SYS /HMAmin=40 devicehigh=c:\windows\command\ebd\emm386.exe noems,novcpi [fracram1] devicehigh=C:\windows\command\ebd\HIMEM.SYS /HMAmin=40 devicehigh=c:\windows\command\ebd\emm386.exe noems,novcpi rem devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe rem devicehigh=C:\windows\command\mouse.sys rem devicehigh=c:\windows\command\ansi.sys devicehigh=c:\windows\command\ramdrive.sys 8192 /e rem devicehigh=c:\windows\command\ramdrive.sys 64 /e [freego] devicehigh=c:\windows\command\ebd\emm386.exe noems,novcpi [asterpro] DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS [cdrom1] [cdrom2] rem end Here's my AUTOEXEC.BAT file. :: Win98 MenuSystem @echo off C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~5\NAVDX.EXE /startup goto %config% :win98se cls @echo off SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;c:\windows\system;C:\MOUSE;e:\fract\;G:\W INFAX @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g SET TEMP=C:\TEMP SET TMP=C:\TMP WIN fgoto end :: :: :fractint cls @ECHO OFF SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\MOUSE;e:\fract\ PROMPT $p$g e: cd fract fractint goto end :: :fracram1 cls @ECHO OFF PATH %path%;k:\ PROMPT $p$g k: copy e:\fract\fractint.exe copy e:\fract\fractint.cfg copy e:\fract\sstools.ini copy e:\fract\*.bat fractint goto end :: :: :asterpro SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\MOUSE;G:\ASTER.PRO @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g goto end :: :: :: :freego @ECHO OFF SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\MOUSE;e:\fract\;e:\fract\freego PROMPT $p$g e: cd fract freego goto end :: :: :cdrom1 @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g goto end :: :: :cdrom2 @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g goto end :: :: :end :: :: ::end ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Muth" <jamth@mindspring.com> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:36 AM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Loading FRACTINT into DOS The Ultimate Fractint Boot Disk
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. <SNIP>
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