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From: thomasr@cpqhou.uucp (Thomas Rush)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DR DOS 5.0 and available memory
Message-ID: <1991May30.131929.9709@cpqhou.uucp>
Date: 30 May 91 13:19:29 GMT
References: <1991May23.231255.6520@cbnewse.att.com> <1991May28.150326.381@ulkyvx.bitnet>
Reply-To: thomasr@cpqhou.UUCP (Thomas Rush)
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Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation
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In article <1991May23.231255.6520@cbnewse.att.com>, langev@cbnewse.att.com (steve.j.langevin) writes:
> 
> I just purchased DR DOS 5.0 and installed it on my hard disk.  I'm seeing
> what looks like some discrepancies between chkdsk and mem about how
> much memory I have available.
> 
> chkdsk (and PC TOOLS) say I have ~590KB available.
> 
> mem says I have ~613KB.
> 
>Patrick Lankswert   ...psuvax1!ulkyvx.bitnet!pclank01

Could it be that chkdsk is about 20K larger than mem?


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