Hello Inigo - At 11:26 AM 11/5/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Your problem is that you are not loading enough >drivers in high memory. That and trying to load EMM386 high. LOL >The following drivers should have LH before them. If >it doesn't load high it will still work so you should >try to load everything in high memory. The following >SHOULD load high: > >*Mouse driver (you can try cute mouse which is very >small) >*mscdex >*SNDINIT.EXE /b >*guest.exe > >You should also try to load DRDOS high. >Type in your config.sys the following: > >dos=high,umb That line does exist in his posted config.sys but it should be moved to the third line from where it is located now. >Another option is to install QUEMM which is now >freeware, it will free memory automatically. WARNING!! >I don't know if QUEMM is compatible with DRDOS, you >should check it out before using it!! >If you can't find QUEMM I can e-mail it to you. Setting up QEMM to use DPMI services might be a bit complex (my opinion). >You should be able to have at least 600kb free low >memory no matter how many drivers you are loading. I >know that DRDOS is very good at freeing high memory so >all your drivers should go there. 600k? With all the drivers he is loading that seems a bit optimistic to me. >If you type MEM/C you should see all the programs >which are running in memory. ONLY these should be in >low memory: > >*DRDOS (only part of it as the other part should be >loaded high with DOS=HIGH;UMB ) >*SMARTDRV (Only part of it the other part should be in >high memory, type LH before smartdrv) He might be better off to use DrDOS NWCACHE first then try smartdrv later. Not BOTH. >*COMMAND Charles Angelich The Ghost in the Machine! DOS and W31 Tech website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ Stories, poems, MP3/MIDI music, and photos website: http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/faf/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
