PREVIOUS.DAT

PREVIOUS.DAT is read by RESOURCE.SYS. If it's not available, it gets created by a DLL when the PMSHELL starts up. It also gets refreshed if a full hardware detection is run.

Troubleshooting

It is possible to get an error that says:

Exception in Module: Resource
Trap 0003

It may be because PREVIOUS.DAT is broken. Try erasing it (or backup it or rename it) and boot again.

Links

• Patent: System for assigning snoop levels to snooper modules and selectively invoking snooper modules having specified relation to a selected snoop level for hardware detection