Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/05/03/16:16:28
On Fri, 1 May 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
> I had 16 MB of RAM but have now
> upgraded to 48. However, it seems HIMEM.SYS will only give me ~16 MB of XMS.
> This is obviously a problem, since it means I can't use my new memory for
> DJGPP. The memory *is* there, it works fine when running Linux.
This is a FAQ (section 15.7). A solution is to uninstall HIMEM, or
install EMM386. Memory managers other than EMM are also a
possibility.
> If anyone is still using DOS 5, I'd like to know whether >16MB works
> for them.
I use DOS 5.0 with QEMM on a 32MB machine all the time, and I get all
of the memory I paid for.
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