Category : HD Utilities
Archive   : STACTECH.ZIP
Filename : 3001.TXT

STAC FAX Index #3001 12/04/92


COUNTRY CODE and STACKER 3.0 CREATE


Background.

Using several country codes with the COUNTRY.SYS command in the CONFIG.SYS
causes two unexpected Stacker 3.0 errors. The COUNTRY.SYS line in the
CONFIG.SYS looks similar to the following line:

COUNTRY=046,, C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS

This example, using the first parameter 046, sets up the Swedish country
code which will cause the following line to appear during SETUP:

Create error: invalid numeric entry (/^R=2.0)
followed by, Create error #1--invalid parameter

The second scenario involves SDEFRAG using the /GP switch and choosing the
option to "Increase the Drive Size". This action, because of the country
code, will pass an invalid parameter to the CREATE command. The results,
transparent to the user, will most likely be a random, unexpected final
compression ratio.

The following country codes, denoted with the X, will work properly with
Stacker 3.0. The remaining country codes use a comma as a decimal separator
and will have an invalid parameter passed to CREATE during these two
circumstances.

Country Decimal Stacker 3.0
Code Country Separator Compatible
______ _________________ _______ _________
1 United States . X
1 Canada (English) . X
2 Canada (French) ,
3 Latin America . X
31 Netherlands ,
32 Belgium ,
33 France ,
34 Spain ,
39 Italy ,
41 Switzerland . X
41 Switzerland . X
44 United Kingdom . X
45 Denmark ,
46 Sweden ,
47 Norway ,
49 Germany ,
61 Australia . X
81 Japan* . X
82 Korea* . X

86 Taiwan* . X
88 PRC* . X
351 Portugal ,
358 Finland ,
785 Arabic ,
972 Israel . X
* DOS version 4 only

This issue has been corrected.

Installation Procedure.

1) Edit the CONFIG.SYS file, placing the word REM at the beginning of the
line containing COUNTRY.SYS.

2) Reboot the machine.

3) Run SETUP again.

4) After SETUP is complete, edit the CONFIG.SYS file to remove the REM
from the line edited in (1).

5) Reboot the machine.

NOTE: The only further concern should be when the above SDEFRAG /GP
option is taken whereas the COUNTRY.SYS line would need to be remarked
again during the SDEFRAG operation.

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