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Sindi Keesan wrote:
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> If booting without anything in autoexec.bat and config.sys 

There will only be a few lines (perhaps just one) that
mess things up.  However, initially, it is best to leave
out the entire autoexec.bat and config.sys.

> I would like to be able to use all the BLs after booting 
> into regular DOS and using programs there, some of which 
> require autoexec.bat and config.sys.  

As I mentioned before, I tried different versions of himem.sys
until I found one (from MSDOS 5) that didn't mess things up.
So now I boot DOS as usual (with config.sys and autoexec.bat)
and when I boot BL3, everything works fine.  I did have to
leave out smartdrv completely -- I couldn't find a version 
that coexisted with Xvesa.  There are other disk-cache 
programs I could use, but I haven't try any of them (yet).

> A couple of problems seem to go away after rebooting a 
> few times.  

That's a bit of a worry.  It might just be user unfamiliarity,
but it could mean there's something wrong with my initial 
installation.  

> Xvesa works despite himem.sys and emm386.exe (Win98).  

I'm surprised to hear that (given all the problems I've had
here with himem.sys, emm386.exe and smartdrv).

Cheers,
Steven