After loading smartdrv, is there any way to make it leave conventional memory?
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Posted 2005-12-11 13:01 · 中国 广东 河源 电信
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Posted 2005-12-11 14:28 · 中国 江西 抚州 电信
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Seems not.
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Posted 2005-12-13 11:41 · 中国 安徽 芜湖 电信
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Edit this in config.sys:
devicehigh=c:\windows\smartdrv.exe
Then smartdrv.exe can run in upper memory.
Edit this in config.sys:
devicehigh=c:\windows\smartdrv.exe
Then smartdrv.exe can run in upper memory.
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Posted 2005-12-14 12:35 · 中国 广东 中山 电信
Misleading people.
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Posted 2005-12-14 16:53 · 中国 重庆 渝中区 联通
Post #3, don't mess around.
smartdrv.exe is loaded in autoexec.bat.
If you want to put it into upper memory, you should use lh + program name.
But whether it can actually be loaded there still depends on what you've already loaded before that.
Whether there is enough upper memory.
There is a bit of technique involved in this. Generally speaking, load the ones that take more memory first, and the ones that take less later.
You can first use mem to take a look, and then load it.
For a typical DOS boot, the things that usually take memory, aside from the system kernel itself, are generally setver
emm386 himem the CD-ROM driver's sys file and the mscdex.exe file
and then smartdrv, and finally the mouse driver too. If there are some other programs as well, those have to be taken into account too. Drivers such as for sound cards generally do not take extra memory (they only set interrupts and the like).
To increase upper memory, add suitable parameters when loading emm386.
As for exactly how to do it, I can't explain it clearly all at once... you can go look for some examples.
In my better case, after loading the above programs, only 20-25KB of conventional memory is used (out of 640KB total).
If you're using msdos6.22, you can try memmaker!
smartdrv.exe is loaded in autoexec.bat.
If you want to put it into upper memory, you should use lh + program name.
But whether it can actually be loaded there still depends on what you've already loaded before that.
Whether there is enough upper memory.
There is a bit of technique involved in this. Generally speaking, load the ones that take more memory first, and the ones that take less later.
You can first use mem to take a look, and then load it.
For a typical DOS boot, the things that usually take memory, aside from the system kernel itself, are generally setver
emm386 himem the CD-ROM driver's sys file and the mscdex.exe file
and then smartdrv, and finally the mouse driver too. If there are some other programs as well, those have to be taken into account too. Drivers such as for sound cards generally do not take extra memory (they only set interrupts and the like).
To increase upper memory, add suitable parameters when loading emm386.
As for exactly how to do it, I can't explain it clearly all at once... you can go look for some examples.
In my better case, after loading the above programs, only 20-25KB of conventional memory is used (out of 640KB total).
If you're using msdos6.22, you can try memmaker!
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These days everyone uses UMBPCI! Super strong, highly recommended
You can have 160K of UMB left over. Even if you LOADHIGH all that messy stuff like SMARTDRV, MOUSE, MSCDEX and so on, you'll still have over 100K of UMB left, and conventional memory left is over 620, feels great
You can have 160K of UMB left over. Even if you LOADHIGH all that messy stuff like SMARTDRV, MOUSE, MSCDEX and so on, you'll still have over 100K of UMB left, and conventional memory left is over 620, feels great
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Posted 2005-12-15 09:28 · 中国 安徽 芜湖 电信
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For the detailed situation, please see my post:
http://www.cn-dos.net/forum/viewthread.php?tid=18083&fpage=3
For the detailed situation, please see my post:
http://www.cn-dos.net/forum/viewthread.php?tid=18083&fpage=3
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Posted 2005-12-16 18:28 · 中国 重庆 渝中区 联通
Generally 600KB conventional is enough.
I've run into a game that wanted 610KB of memory.
If a program under DOS needs to use more than 570KB of memory, then when designing it they should have used various methods to use extended memory.
I've run into a game that wanted 610KB of memory.
If a program under DOS needs to use more than 570KB of memory, then when designing it they should have used various methods to use extended memory.
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Posted 2005-12-16 18:59 · 中国 山东 济南 移动
This has already gone far off topic.
Once smartdrv is loaded, it cannot be unloaded.
But pc-cache and ncache both provide an unload option.
Once smartdrv is loaded, it cannot be unloaded.
But pc-cache and ncache both provide an unload option.
简单就是美
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