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- From: "kenneth tam" <kenneth.tam@canrem.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: specific dos and mem
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.1480.22690@dosgate>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 22:14:08 EST
- Reply-To: "kenneth tam" <kenneth.tam@canrem.com>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
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- 07-21-92 13:12 - Paul J Bodin wrote to All re: Specific dos and memory
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- >Question : can a VDM created using VMDISK have EMS/XMS, DOS loaded
- >high, UMB's for loading device drivers high, etc.
- >
- >My attempts at doing this have been fruitless so far; though an IBM
- >service rep said it is possible.
-
- PJB> It is indeed possible to do it all. Remember to use FSFILTER.SYS in
- PJB> the image CONFIG.SYS, and then simply substitue the HIMEM.SYS and
- PJB> EMM386.SYS from the /os2/mdos directory instead of the native DOS
- PJB> versions. Be sure to provide enough memory in DOS Settings to do what
- PJB> you try to do with the image configuration files, and all should go
- PJB> swimmingly.
-
- Are you sure? I am quite confident that the relevent memory settings
- in "DOS Settings" don't appear for specific DOS sessions -- you're supposed
- to deal with it through the config.sys/autoexec.bat of the disk.
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