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- From: seldner@hdi3sun.kfk.de (David Seldner)
- Subject: Re: EMM386.EXE question
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- Organization: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany)
- References: <1992Sep12.111207.2781@newstand.syr.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:07:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep12.111207.2781@newstand.syr.edu>, ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern) writes:
- |> A hopefully simple question- when I installed Win 3.1, I used the Win 3.1
- |> emm386.exe, since it supercedes the Dos 5.0 version. When I checked
- |> memory, however, I found everything loaded in conventional memory, even
- |> though I do have "Dos=high,umb" after "Device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ram" in my
- |> config.sys. I changed the device statement back to "Device=c:\dos\emm386.exe
- |> ram" and, sure enough, my umbs fillled up with TSRs and drivers. What
- |> gives? Won't Win 3.1's Emm386 support UMBs?
- |>
- |> -Larry Stern
- |>
-
- Try
- Device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems 640 ram
- ^^^^^
- (means: you don't get extended memory but expanded memory, into which your
- drivers and TSRs can be loaded high)
- -----
- dave
- seldner@hdi3sun.kfk.de
-