On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 15:24:46 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> To which Clarence replied:
>> > Yup. That's like the universal boot disk maker.
>> > LH isn't what you want if you are using QEMM. ;-)
>> IMO: You are mistaken. :-)
>> I *am* using Qemm.
>> I *want* LH. ;-)
> One of us is confused. <G>
> Did you rename QEMM's LOADHI to LH ?
> Or do you not USE QEMM's loadhi ?
> i.e. is there a better way ??
when we use Qemm as memory manager, we then have 2 choices.
1) Qemm's "loadhi.com"
2) DOS's "LH"
(aliases... "loadhigh" and "hiload" are both internal commands built
into DR/OpenDos command.com)
Don't believe everything you read in the documentation. ;-)
According to this, LH won't work with "third-party" memory managers.
(see "Note:" about 1/2 way down)
---output from dosbook.exe---
HILOAD/LOADHIGH
Format
HILOAD|LOADHIGH|LH [/?|/H] filespec
Explanation
Use HILOAD or LOADHIGH to load and execute a program in upper
memory rather than conventional memory. HILOAD or LOADHIGH can
be abbreviated to LH.
You must specify the filespec of the program you want to run
high. This program will load and execute in upper memory, as
long as upper memory is enabled by a memory manager (EMM386 or
HIMEM) and is available.
Note: You cannot use HILOAD or LOADHIGH if you are using a
third-party memory manager because they use different methods of
mapping upper memory than EMM386 or HIMEM. Third-party memory
managers usually provide their own utilities to load programs
into upper memory.
The program will remain in upper memory until the next time you
start the operating system.
Command Switches and Syntax
/? or /H Displays help text.
----------------------------------------------------------------
If you want to load a program high every time you start the
operating system, place the HILOAD or LOADHIGH command in
AUTOEXEC.BAT rather than running it every time at the system
prompt.
It is recommended that you load the following programs high if
you want to use them: CURSOR.EXE, GRAPHICS.COM, GRAFTABL.COM,
and JOIN.EXE. The following programs, however, will attempt to
load high by default, so there is no need to load them high
yourself: KEYB.COM, NLSFUNC.EXE, and SHARE.EXE.
Example
The following command loads the CURSOR program into upper
memory:
LH CURSOR.EXE <Enter>
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