-------- Original Message --------
SUBJECT:
Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up fdconfig.sys and fdauto.bat
DATE:
2025-02-27 20:32
FROM:
da...@bp-asia.net
TO:
the <mrmonkeysh...@gmail.com>
Hi,
Thank you for the advice.
HIMEMX.EXE already is in the original fdconfig.sys file:
!COUNTRY=001,858:\FREEDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS
!LASTDRIVE=Z
!BUFFERS=20
!FILES=40
DOS=HIGH
DOS=UMB
DOSDATA=UMB
DEVICE=\FREEDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE
SHELLHIGH=\FREEDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM \FREEDOS\BIN /E:2048 /P=\FDAUTO.BAT
Adding MEMEATER.EXE causes the boot sequence to crash:
!COUNTRY=001,858:\FREEDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS
!LASTDRIVE=Z
!BUFFERS=20
!FILES=40
DOS=HIGH
DOS=UMB
DOSDATA=UMB
DEVICE=\FREEDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE
DEVICE=\FREEDOS\BIN\MEMEATER.EXE 20000
SHELLHIGH=\FREEDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM \FREEDOS\BIN /E:2048 /P=\FDAUTO.BAT
On 2025-02-27 14:33, the wrote:
Hi,
You could try HimemX an extended memory manager for FreeDOS. It works
similarly to the EMM386.EXE in MS-DOS. You can download HimemX from
https://github.com/FDOS/HimemX
To use it, add the following lines to your `config.sys` file:
DEVICE=HIMEMX.EXE
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Also MemEater is a small DOS utility that allocates extended memory
(XMS). It can help reduce the amount of available XMS to avoid the
allocation error. You can find MemEater on GitHub
https://github.com/kklis/memeater
To use it, run the following command:
MEMEATER.EXE 20000
This command will allocate 20000 kB of extended memory, which will be
released when you reboot the computer.
Ensure you have the following of your `config.sys` file:
DEVICE=HIMEMX.EXE
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Hope this helps
On Thu, 27 Feb 2025, 05:59 david--- via Freedos-user,
<freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
I am new to FreeDOS and have run into a problem whereby some
traditional MSDOS programs will not run, complaining about "XMS
allocation error".
In MSDOS the solution is an additional line in config.sys reading
"device=emm386.exe ram", but there does not appear to be a emm386.exe
equivalent in FreeDOS. I would very much appreciate an explanation,
please, about how to get around this problem.
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