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In article: <828146141wnr@farr.demon.co.uk>  keith farr <Keith@farr.demon.co.uk> writes:
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The problem, that you have, is the use of DBLSPACE. It is probably
possible to save a few kilobytes, by careful re-arrangement of the files,
but I have seen too many people, who can't run DOS games etc.,
because the double space driver is using so much memory.
It may be possible to get enough space, by building a boot floppy,
possibly something like this:-
CONFIG
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM 256
BUFFERS=20
FILES=40
DOS=HIGH,UMB
LASTDRIVE=M
FCBS=4,0
DEVICE=C:\SOUND16\cdsetup.sys /T:X
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DBLSPACE.SYS /MOVE

AUTO
C:\BIN\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD007  /E /M:8
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
SET SOUND16=C:\SOUND16
C:\SOUND16\sndinit /b
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\UTILS
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
LH C:\WINDOWS\MOUSE
PATH  %PATH%;C:\SOUND16

This removes the unnecessary drivers 'ANSI', & 'SETVER'. (Very few
things need these now). Also runs without any country optimisation of the
keyboard (OK for most games), and without SMARTDRV (some games
_want_ this removed). Some games (and a few other _very_ annoying
programs), require operation without the HIMEM/EMM386 drivers loaded.
These use their own memory handlers, and the configuration shown would
be OK, for this type of program, _without_ the first two lines of the CONFIG,
and with the /E option on MSCDEX removed (the DEVICEHIGH, and LH
statements, will no longer work, but don't do any harm). If the program doesn't
use a mouse, you can save a few kB, by removing this driver, but as allready
said, the biggest saving, would be to put in a bigger HD, and run without
DBLSPACE. I had a friend, with the same problem, and he could not get
above 570k free, even with all the bits removed as outlined here. After
getting rid of DBLSPACE, he can now see 624k free.

Good Luck

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