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From: James P. Kowal
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:00

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Peter Hayes wrote:

> >neudy@solar.sky.net (Jason Neufeld) wrote:
> >
> >>Could someone please help me configure Dos!
> <snip>
> >>Heres my config.sys
> >>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
> >>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
> >>BUFFERS=22,0
> >>FILES=30
> >>DOS=UMB
> >>LASTDRIVE=Z
> >>FCBS=4,0
> >>DEVICEHIGH /L:1,16976 =C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE
> >>DOS=HIGH
> >>DEVICEHIGH /L:1,11808 =C:\CDROM\TORISAN.SYS /D:TSYCD3 /P:SM
> >>DEVICEHIGH /L:1,15840 =C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DRVSPACE.SYS /MOVE

> Do you have 26 drives? Each drive in your LASTDRIVE=Z line uses some
> conventional memory.
> The EMM386 line could be DEVICEHIGH, I believe.

   He's right you're waisting a bit of RAM with lastdrive=z. Set
lastdrive
  to one drive higher than you have. Let's say drive D is the last on
your
  system, then set lastdrive=e.

  EMM386 cannot be loaded into to upper memory however. 


-- 
James P. Kowal
TonyK2@erols.com

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Date: 1997/07/12
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