TITLE
    PC Compatibility Card & NetBEUI Issue
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Modified: 		22022
5/27/97
6/30/97
TOPIC

    When using the 12-inch PC Compatibility Card in the PC environment, it crashes when transferring a large data set of files or one large file to a WindowsNT 3.51 or 4.0 server via NetBEUI. Below are some of the symptoms:

    • Windows 3.11 hangs in File Manager when copying large set of files or one large file to an NT server.
    • A DOS session run within Windows crashes with an "internal stack overflow, system halted" when copying files to NT server.
    • The problem is not consistent with size or number of files but generally will crash after transferring more than 2 MB of data.
    DISCUSSION
    This occurs due to the STACKS line in the CONFIG.SYS file. The usual default stacks statement is:

    STACKS=9,256

    To fix this, simply increase the stacks statement as follows:

    STACKS=64,512

    This will solve your NetBEUI problem. By including STACKS=64,512 in your config.sys file you are allocating more memory than you really need.


    This article was published in the 27 May 1997 "Information Alley".


Document Information
Product Area: Computers
Category: DOS Compatible
Sub Category: PC Compatibility Cards
Keywords: kwindows, kalley

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