Q98405: MemMaker Damages Related Files with Incorrect Path

Article: Q98405
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0
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Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 19-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If your PATH environment variable is set to PATH=\DOS when you run MemMaker, the
following files are truncated:

  CHKSTATE.SYS
  EMM386.EXE
  HIMEM.SYS
  MEMMAKER.HLP
  MEMMAKER.EXE
  SIZER.EXE

These files may be truncated to 8192, 4096 or zero bytes.

In addition, you may receive one of the following errors:

- "Sector not found" error message overlaying the blue MemMaker screen

  -or-

- "Bad or missing error in CONFIG.SYS line n" error message

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MS-DOS MemMaker version 6.00.
This problem was corrected in later versions.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, do the following:

1. Set the path to PATH=C:\DOS.

2. Expand CHKSTATE.SY_, EMM386.EXE, HIMEM.SY_, MEMMAKER.HL_, MEMMAKER.EXE, and
  SIZER.EX_ from the original MS-DOS 6.0 disks. For example, to expand the
  CHKSTATE.SY_ file, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and then
  press ENTER:

  " C:\dos\expand a:\chkstate.sy_ c:\dos\chkstate.sys " (without the quotation
  marks)

                                    File Location

  Filename                1.44 MB     1.2 MB      720K       360K
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  CHKSTATE.SY_             Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk  6
  EMM386.EX_               Disk 3     Disk 4     Disk 5     Disk 10
  HIMEM.SY_                Disk 1     Disk 2     Disk 3     Disk  5
  MEMMAKER.EXE             Disk 3     Disk 4     Disk 3     Disk  6
  MEMMAKER.HL_             Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk 3     Disk  6
  SIZER.EX_                Disk 3     Disk 4     Disk 3     Disk  6

3. Rerun MemMaker.

Additional query words: 6.00 statement environmental set size change

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0

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