OSMMHOYL - HOYLE CLASSIC GAMES BY SIERRA GENERATES A GENERAL PROTECTION
           FAULT
05/16/96

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  Hoyle Classic Games by Sierra Generates a General Protection Fault
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Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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DESCRIPTION

During installation of the CD-ROM version of Hoyle Classic Games, a 
General Protection Fault is generated in SETUP.EXE at location 
0003:2c63. This occurs whenever the application's minimum system 
requirement test is run on the CD-ROM drive.

Because the CD-ROM hardware test fails, you are unable to install
Hoyle from the CD-ROM.

RESOLUTION

You can request the diskette version of the game or the manual 
installation instructions from Sierra, or you can run the game from 
the CD-ROM.

Run the Game from the CD-ROM
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Execute SIERRA.EXE from the Windows command line. To enhance
performance when running from the CD-ROM, do the following:

1. Change the Settings to:

     DOS_FILES             =  30
     DOS_HIGH              =  ON
     DOS_UMB               =  ON
     DPMI_DOS_API          =  ENABLE
     DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT     =  64
     EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT      =  4096
     HW_TIMER              =  ON
     IDLE_SECONDS          =  60
     IDLE_SENSITIVITY      =  100
     INT_DURING_IO         =  ON
     SESSION_PRIORITY      =  32
     XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT      =  4096

2. Decrease delay time between processes or Timer clicks:

      [timer.drv]
      TIMERMax386Res=1
      TIMERMax286Res=1
      Default setting for TIMERMax statements is 10

3. Increase buffer sizes allocated for CD-ROM:

     Change:  IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /Q
     To:      IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS /C:16 /M:32 /Q

For an explanation of the /C and /M: switches, type HELP CDFS.IFS at 
an OS/2 command prompt; then double-click on arguments. Sixteen (16) 
and thirty-two (32),respectively, are the maximum values for these 
switches.

Note: If you use the disk install, be sure to select NO
      when asked if you want to test the hardware. Do NOT
      click on the CD-ROM hardware test when the hardware
      test panel is displayed. As long as all the other
      tests are passed, the installation continues.

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