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In article <1993Jan12.005245.9608@rei.com> fox@rei.com (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
>jjarrett@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (James Jarrett) writes:
>
>>My DOS manual does not mention LOADFIX, so all I have is the HELP LOADFIX
>>documentation.  How does it work and why is it necessary?
>
>LOADFIX allocates memory up to the first 64K segment, then loads your
>program at that point, avoiding the problems that occur when the code
>segment is below the 64K boundary.  Normally only DOS is below this
>boundary, but DOS 5 can load high and thus allow programs to run there.
>
>>Next, how can I write a program so it doesn't need LOADFIX?
>
>You must be doing something strange to generate a program that fails.

Yup.  The poster mentions that he is not, as far as he knows, using
EXEPACK, but it is possible that some compiler or linker is doing it or
the equivalent behind his back.  I would get LZEXE (from Simtel, et al),
and try running UPACKEXE on the executable file.  It might tell you
something...

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