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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 08:50:32 PDT
From: "Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-Help: TRAP0003

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In <200008200314.UAA22913@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, on 08/19/00
at 08:15 PM, "Gary Granat" said:

Gary,

>OK... I'm not sure my ThinkPad has a way to switch, though. At least,
>I've never found it. It is times like this when being able to
>single-step through CONFIG.SYS would be useful.

Yep, would be nice. There are a couple of ways to get close. Take a
guess at what driver you think is dieing. Duplicate the corresponding
line in config.sys and edit the duplicate, changing the name of the driver
slightly, so it is wrong. For example, change IBM1S506.ADD to
XBM1S506.ADD. Ensure PAUSEONERROR=YES and you will get a error message
and a press any key message.

There is a PAUSE.SYS. The documentation shows it as a DEVICE= driver.
Since the kernel enforces a load order on drivers, this makes it look less
useful that it might be. I need look into this next time I need a pause.
because the driver should work as a BASEDEV and it should work even if
renamed (i.e. PAUSE.ADD). This would allow you to place it as needed in
CONFIG.SYS.

Worst case, there's always the kernel debugger or a trap dump.

Did exeinfo provide any clues?

Steven

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