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From: todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: PC Tools PCFORMAT & DOS 5.0 (was DOS 5.0 & QEMM-386 5.12)
Summary: PCFORMAT 6.0 fails under DOS 5.0
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.173116.143@pinhead.pegasus.com>
Date: 13 Jun 91 17:31:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: pinhead.1991Jun13.173116.143
References: <1991Jun11.215901.22013@pinhead.pegasus.com>
Organization: Hawaii Medical Service Association
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In article <1991Jun11.215901.22013@pinhead.pegasus.com> todd@pinhead.pegasus.com (Todd Ogasawara) writes:
>Does anyone have any advice on how to best install MS-DOS 5.0 and
>QEMM-386 5.12 together? In specific:
>
>1. Is it safe to set DOS=HIGH,UMB in CONFIG.SYS when using QEMM instead
>   of DOS 5.0's HIMEM.SYS?
>2. Is it safe to use QEMM's LOADHI instead of DOS' high memory loaders?
>3. Does DOSKEY have any problems with QEMM?

Thanks to everyone who response via e-mail to my net-query. I loaded DOS
5.0 on my Gateway 386/33 last night.

The answers to my questions are:
1. If you have QEMM-386, don't place DOS=HIGH,UMB in CONFIG.SYS. DOS=HIGH
   sufficient. Let QEMM load the drivers and other programs into high
   memory. This has worked out fine on my system. I have 622K of base RAM
   free now. DOS was also "smart" enough NOT to install HIMEM.SYS in my
   CONFIG.SYS since I already had QEMM386.SYS in there.
2. Yes, QEMM's LOADHI works fine under DOS 5.0.
3. DOSKEY seems to work fine with QEMM running.

I have run into one problem though. PC Tools 6.0 PCFORMAT does not work
under DOS 5.0. It reports "Wrong DOS version" when I try to run it. Does
anyone know if PCFORMAT in PC Tools 7.0 works under DOS 5.0? I am still
waiting for my upgrade to arrive. Other PC Tools 6.0 software seems to work
ok though (including COMPRESS).

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Todd Ogasawara ::: Hawaii Medical Service Association
Internet       ::: todd@pinhead.pegasus.com
Telephone      ::: (808) 536-9162 ext. 7