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Article #722344Re: Memory problem in DOS
From: Milan
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 00:00
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Joseph M. Spreng wrote:
> Mark Owen Scott,
>
> Here's my CONFIG.SYS, less the CD ROM driver that I use:
>
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /V
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS D=64 X=C000-C7FF /V
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What do these mean?
> DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO
> FILESHIGH=50
> BUFFERSHIGH=22
> STACKSHIGH=9,256
> FCBSHIGH=1,0
> LASTDRIVEHIGH=Z
> SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:768 /P
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS
> BREAK=ON
>
> You need to load HIMEM.SYS & EMM386.EXE to setup your DOS memory.
Also, I've printed a memory report in MSD and found something
interesting. I noticed that most of the UMBs were marked as "possibly
available". Only four blocks (4k) were marked as free. Anybody knows
why? I've added a "RAM" option to the "emm386" line already. Thanks.
Microsoft Diagnostics version 2.01 7/26/97 2:23am Page 1
========================================================================
------------------------------- Memory
--------------------------------
Legend: Available " " RAM "##" ROM "RR" Possibly Available
".."
EMS Page Frame "PP" Used UMBs "UU" Free UMBs "FF"
1024K FC00 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR FFFF Conventional Memory
F800 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR FBFF Total: 640K
F400 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR F7FF Available: 556K
960K F000 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR F3FF 569376
bytes
EC00 ................ EFFF
E800 ................ EBFF Extended Memory
E400 ................ E7FF Total: 64512K
896K E000 ....FFFF........ E3FF
DC00 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP DFFF MS-DOS Upper Memory Blocks
D800 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP DBFF Total UMBs: 3K
D400 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP D7FF Total Free UMBs: 3K
832K D000 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP D3FF Largest Free Block: 3K
CC00 ................ CFFF
C800 RR.............. CBFF Expanded Memory (EMS)
C400 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR C7FF LIM Version: 4.00
768K C000 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR C3FF Page Frame Address: D000H
BC00 ################ BFFF Total: 33152K
B800 ################ BBFF Available: -32768K
B400 B7FF
704K B000 B3FF XMS Information
AC00 AFFF XMS Version: 3.00
A800 ABFF Driver Version: 3.10
A400 A7FF A20 Address Line: Enabled
640K A000 A3FF High Memory Area: In use
Available: 63952K
Largest Free Block: 63952K
Available SXMS: 63952K
Largest Free SXMS: 63952K
VCPI Information
VCPI Detected: Yes
Version: 1.00
Available Memory: -32768K
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Joseph M. Spreng wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Mark Owen Scott,
<P> Here's my CONFIG.SYS, less the CD ROM driver that I use:
<P>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /V
<BR>DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS D=64 X=C000-C7FF /V</BLOCKQUOTE>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What do these mean?
<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<P>DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO
<BR>FILESHIGH=50
<BR>BUFFERSHIGH=22
<BR>STACKSHIGH=9,256
<BR>FCBSHIGH=1,0
<BR>LASTDRIVEHIGH=Z
<BR>SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:768 /P
<BR>DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS
<BR>BREAK=ON
<P> You need to load HIMEM.SYS & EMM386.EXE to setup your DOS
memory.</BLOCKQUOTE>
Also, I've printed a memory report in MSD and found something interesting.
I noticed that most of the UMBs were marked as "possibly available". Only
four blocks (4k) were marked as free. Anybody knows why? I've added a "RAM"
option to the "emm386" line already. Thanks.
<BR>
<P><TT> Microsoft Diagnostics version
2.01 7/26/97 2:23am Page
1</TT>
<BR><TT> ========================================================================</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT> ------------------------------- Memory --------------------------------</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT> Legend: Available " "
RAM "##" ROM "RR" Possibly Available ".."</TT>
<BR><TT> EMS Page Frame "PP"
Used UMBs "UU" Free UMBs "FF"</TT>
<BR><TT> 1024K FC00 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR FFFF
Conventional Memory</TT>
<BR><TT> F800
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR FBFF
Total: 640K</TT>
<BR><TT> F400
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR F7FF
Available: 556K</TT>
<BR><TT> 960K F000 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR F3FF
569376 bytes</TT>
<BR><TT> EC00
................ EFFF</TT>
<BR><TT> E800
................ EBFF Extended Memory</TT>
<BR><TT> E400
................ E7FF
Total: 64512K</TT>
<BR><TT> 896K E000 ....FFFF........ E3FF</TT>
<BR><TT> DC00
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP DFFF MS-DOS Upper Memory Blocks</TT>
<BR><TT> D800
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP DBFF
Total UMBs: 3K</TT>
<BR><TT> D400
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP D7FF Total Free UMBs:
3K</TT>
<BR><TT> 832K D000 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP D3FF
Largest Free Block: 3K</TT>
<BR><TT> CC00
................ CFFF</TT>
<BR><TT> C800
RR.............. CBFF Expanded Memory (EMS)</TT>
<BR><TT> C400
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR C7FF
LIM Version: 4.00</TT>
<BR><TT> 768K C000 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR C3FF
Page Frame Address: D000H</TT>
<BR><TT> BC00
################ BFFF
Total: 33152K</TT>
<BR><TT> B800
################ BBFF
Available: -32768K</TT>
<BR><TT> B400
B7FF</TT>
<BR><TT> 704K B000
B3FF XMS Information</TT>
<BR><TT> AC00
AFFF XMS Version:
3.00</TT>
<BR><TT> A800
ABFF Driver Version: 3.10</TT>
<BR><TT> A400
A7FF A20 Address Line: Enabled</TT>
<BR><TT> 640K A000
A3FF High Memory Area: In use</TT>
<BR><TT>
Available: 63952K</TT>
<BR><TT>
Largest Free Block: 63952K</TT>
<BR><TT>
Available SXMS: 63952K</TT>
<BR><TT>
Largest Free SXMS: 63952K</TT>
<BR><TT> </TT>
<BR><TT>
VCPI Information</TT>
<BR><TT>
VCPI Detected: Yes</TT>
<BR><TT>
Version: 1.00</TT>
<BR><TT>
Available Memory: -32768K</TT>
<BR>
<BR> </HTML>
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From: Milan <NOSPAM...@netvigator.com> Subject: Re: Memory problem in DOS Date: 1997/07/29 Message-ID: <33DCDBB4.6536D0F5@netvigator.com> X-Deja-AN: 260060697 References: <33D5A163.E073DDC0@netvigator.com> <33D76384.7819@worldnet.att.net> <33D7957C.7AA3FD58@netvigator.com> <33DB11B1.62E0280A@cs.utexas.edu> <33DB9F10.7C0D9C6C@ct1.nai.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Netvigator Reply-To: NOSPAM...@netvigator.com Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit