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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