From: mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl
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Subject: Re: djgpp installation update
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:40:52 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
>> I removed the himem.sys device driver from config.sys and once
>> done, everything in djgpp is now talking again. This is microsoft
>> dos 7.10 and my guess is that maybe the himem.sys device driver is
>> loaded whenever emm386.exe is installed from config.sys.
> Yes, AFAIK, DOS 7 automatically loads HIMEM during startup, even if
> you don't say so.

IIRC, that's because DOS=AUTO is implied if you don't disable that.
That means several drivers are loaded automatically, and all is loaded
high or in UMBs when possible.

Groente, Michel.