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In article <1993Jan11.164955.5961@rei.com> fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>rsl11@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>
>> a) devicehigh=c:\smartdrv.sys     in the config.sys file or
>> b) loadhigh=c:\smartdrv.exe       in the autoexec.bat file
...
People have complained about the trailing semicolon in the orig poster's msg.
However, I have often heard rumors to the effect that it was a "Good Thing"
to have a trailing semicolon in your PATH - that there was some
bug/feature of DOS that made it parse the PATH faster if every
component, including the last, ended with a semicolon.  I have heard
this from "reputable sources", but I have never tested it.  I, myself,
don't like it - always thought the trailing semicolon was ugly.  I can't
however, imagine that it could cause a problem.  (Translation: I think
those people referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph have
been smoking something...)

>LOADHIGH command, because SmartDrive will automatically load high, and
>you should let it do that itself.

What about if you are using QEMM and its LOADHI command?  I know for a
fact that SMARTDRV.EXE (the one bundled with Windoze 3.1) does not
auto-loadhi under DOS 3.31 with QEMM.  (N.B. Some TSRs do so
auto-load-themselves-high; its not hard to do).

In that case, is it safe to LOADHI it?  (I have done so, mostly out of
fear... Disk caches scare me in general.)

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