L.D wrote:
>Have any of you ever been in the following situation: Add new memory,
>system recognizes memory at boot up and shows it all as OK. Software
>doesn't recognize that new memory is there [DOS 5.0, DOS 6.2, QEMM
>Manifest] and there is actually LESS memory available to use????
>If so, how did you cure it!!??!!
Not less, but if you go over a certain limit in the ammount you can only
see up till a certain point (32MB and 64MB for instance).
> I have installed a 3COM 10baseT Etherlink card in my system, so I can
>hook up to cable modem. Big problems though. Something in the
>cfg/install programs has decided that QEMM386 is a copy of EMM386 that's
>older than ver 4.49 and won't work with PCI cards. [yeah, righ]. The
>only way I got the card installed was stealing pieces of DOS 6.22 and
>using setver -- but memmaker isn't worth the powder to blow it to hades,
>and DOS LOADHIGH is a joke! The best I can get is 527 conventional
>memory, but above the 640 line the memory is too fragmented to load
>epppd for tcp/ip ... and I'll need it [of course]. I read the hints and
>tips someone posted in this batch of messages I d/l'd today, and I've
>tried/done all the DOS things I could. <sigh>
We all know that memmaker isn't very good (or any good at all), so please
remove it from your system (del c:\dos\memmaker.*)
Getting max memmory and perfrmance from MS-DOS 6.x 101 (v. 1.1)
1. config.sys looks like this:
switches=/f
dos=high,umb
device=c:\dos\himem.sys/TestMem:Off
device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems highscan
And files, buffers and lastdrive - earlier some people on this list wanted
to add "numhandles" to himem.sys to get Arachne to work properly.
2. autoexec.bat looks like this:
lh ctmouse.com
lh smartdrv.exe/U /N xxxxx 0
Substitute xxxxx with the maximum memmory you think you can spare (max is
32767K), ctmouse.com might be ctmousep.com if you have a PS/2 mouse (yuk!).
You can also add /B:xxxxx that says how many bytes ahead SmartDrv should
read in every file ("56K should be enough for most file readings" <g>) if
you have the additionally free high memmory.
Of course setting your path, prompt and soundcard (if you have one) is also
good :)
Now you should have enough memmory to get the packet driver in high memmory.
EPPP(d) isn't needed now just use:
IP_Address BOOTP
;IP_Address BOOTP ... WatTcp attepmts to use BOOTP protocol
If you have fixed settings for IP enter them instead. RTFM (Arachne.Cfg) ;)
If you have more free high memmory and want to get some additionally free
in the lower then I recomend dosmax20.zip
New lines in config.sys (I think these are the best but I'm far from beeing
sure):
devicehigh=c:\dos\dosmax\dosmax.exe /C+ /R- /P- /M1
shell=c:\shellmax.com /R- /P- c:\command.com /P
"But what about my CD?" you might ask.
Easy get devload, some generic ATAPI driver (cdrom.zip) and shsucdx and use
a batch file like this to load the CD when you want/need.
lh devload cdrom.sys /D:MSCD0001
lh shsucdx /D:MSCD0001
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
