On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 19:39:08 CST, you wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I am having trouble running the DOS app; Arachne(arachne.cz)
>> normally it would run with my 8MB RAM if I rem'ed out everything in my
>> autoexec.bat and devicehigh'ed everything in my config.sys
>> however, now I want to run it(the latest version) on/from a zip disk
>> which means I *Must* be able to load my zip drive driver... so I added
>> more RAM to my old machine: I went from 8MB to my current 32MB of RAM yet
>> I still can't get Arachne to run with the zip drive driver(and other
>> drivers like for my CD-ROM) loaded in my autoexec.bat (:
>> when I try to run Arachne after boot-up, I still get the Arachne "out of
>> conventional (low) memory 24,000KB"
>> I thought by adding more RAM this would not happen
>> I am running Caldera DR-DOS 7.02 or 7.03 so there is no mem sys command
>> or memmaker(however everything in config.sys is DEVICEHIGH already)
>> (I can't now get MS-DOS to run completely again even if I use old copies
>> of autoexec.bat and config.sys (:) so I guess i'm stuck with DR-DOS
>> here's what I get when I type "mem" in DR-DOS:
>> Memory Type Total Bytes ( Kbytes ) Available for Programs
>> Conventional 655,360 ( 640K ) 511,440 ( 499K )
>> Upper 163,840 ( 160K ) 108,048 ( 106K )
>> High 65,520 ( 64K ) 2,224 ( 2K )
>> Extended 32,505,856 (31,744K ) 0 ( 0K )
>> Extended via XMS ----------- 28,536,832 (27,868K )
>> Largest executable program: 464,400 ( 454K )
>> Total Free DOS memory: 619,488 ( 605K )
>> my autoexec.bat:
>> set SOUND16=C:\utilitie\DIAMOND\
>> SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T4
>> C:\utilitie\DIAMOND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:DMSCD01 /M:12
>> C:\utilitie\DIAMOND\SNDINIT.EXE /b
>> C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
>> @ECHO Off
>> :lh novafont.com
>> PATH C:\DRDOS;C:\NWCLIENT;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;C:\internet\TWSK20;C:\utilitie\D
>> IAMOND;C:\EMM386;C:\
>> PROMPT $p$g
>> VERIFY OFF
>> SET TEMP=C:\DOS
>> IF NOT DIREXIST %TEMP% MD %TEMP%
>> SET DRDOSCFG=C:\DRDOS
>> c:\utilitie\MOUSE\mouse
>> C:\DOS\SHARE /L:500 /f:5100
>> NWCACHE 3396 1024 /LEND=ON /DELAY=OFF
>> TZ=EST7EDT
>> C:\ZIPTOOLS\GUEST.EXE
>> rem c:\windows\win
>> md c:\temp
>> set temp=c:\temp
>> rem set path=%path%;c:\arachne
>> rem arachne
>> ------
>> should EMM386 be moved closer to the beginning of my PATH statement??
>> should I make sure a DIR exists that is named and contains EMM386??
>> ------
>> my config.sys:
>> DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRDOS\EMM386.EXE DPMI=OFF FRAME=NONE
>> DEVIVEHIGH=C:\DRDOS\DPMS.EXE
>> DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRDOS\SETVER.EXE
>> SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:512 /P
>> BREAK=OFF
>> REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
>> REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
>> REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS i=E000-EFFF
>> DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRDOS\ANSI.SYS
>> DOS=HIGH,UMB
>> FILES=40
>> BUFFERS=40
>> FCBS=4,4
>> DEVICEHIGH=C:\utilitie\DIAMOND\CDSETUP.SYS /T:I /P:170 /I:15
>> DEVICEHIGH=C:\utilitie\DIAMOND\TOSHIBA.SYS /D:DMSCD01
>> LASTDRIVE=Z
>> HISTORY=ON,512,ON
>> COUNTRY=1,,C:\DRDOS\COUNTRY.SYS
>> STACKS=9,256
>> please help!
>> andy
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Andy,
> I don't have experience with DRDos, but it appears to me
> that you are not using any of the extended RAM you installed.
> So I would guess that you may need to check the options that
> you are using to load DR DOSes EMM386.EXE?? In MS DOS, the
> driver for HIMEM.SYS must be loaded first, before EMM386.EXE.
> Anybody else have an idea?
> C U L8R!
> Wiz <{;-)
> Wizard57M
> Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
> http://members.surfbest.net/wizard57m@;surfbest.net/index.htm
> -- DOS Internet, Close Windows and Keep the Internet Open! --
I don't use DR dos eather but surely the same rules apply:
Himem.sys first then tell DOS to load high so:
dos=high
then your command for your EMM memory manager, before your other stuff
Regards Laurie
-- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
