.htaccess is gonna make me cry

I know this is a well discussed issue. I've read quite a few of the threads here and followed advice offered in them. Alot have helped but I have one final issue that I'm not sure where to begin on.

I'm trying to increase the file upload size and post size of my site. I followed the wiki instructions and that went fine. Unfortunately I got blitzed by my cms system on my site (drupal). The wiki instructs creating a new .htaccess file to point to my custom files and I placed that in my root folder. My drupal system is in a sub folder of my site and it has its own .htaccess file. the two don't seem to get along..

i guess what i'm wondering is could anyone point me in the right direction to track down where/how two .htaccess files could conflict? or is there any way to merge the two together? or...is there a way to point to the custom files w/o the wiki's .htaccess?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated..even advice on how i could begin searching for a solution on my own!

thank you again in advance!

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The wiki instructs creating a new .htaccess file to point to my custom files and I placed that in my root folder. My drupal system is in a sub folder of my site and it has its own .htaccess file. the two don't seem to get along..

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If the .htaccess file in your root only contains the lines required for your custom PHP install, it *shouldn't* be causing too many problems with the .htaccess file in your drupal directory. Are you sure that it isn't something else causing your issues? Perhaps your custom PHP install is a different version than the default one set for the domain, or perhaps different php.ini settings are to blame.

Could you post the contents of the two .htaccess files and a description of exactly what the issues are? Someone here might be able to spot the problem and suggest a fix.

Mark