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From: axa12@po.CWRU.Edu (Ashok Aiyar)
Subject: Help with DOS 5.0 memory relocation
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Hello:

I run a 386sx with 4 megs of RAM.
My operating systems are DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.0
I am trying to free as much conventional memory as I can by moving
drivers etc. in to upper memory.
The "mem /c |more" command revealed the following.
Conventional memory:
msdos
setver.exe
himem.sys
emm386.exe
command.com
Total conventional memory free 629216 (614.5 K)
Upper memory:
system
ansi.sys
smartdrv.sys
mouse.sys
fastopen.exe
Total upper memory free 59408 (58.0 K)

I have heard of people getting upto 630 K of conventional memory
free after loading DOS 5.0
My specific questions are:
1) Can I move setver.exe into upper memory.  If the answer is yes,
then can I move it's position in my config.sys file such that it is
after the lines:
	device=c:\dos\himem.sys AND
	device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems
2)Can I move command.com into upper memory?  How should I do this?

If you have specifically done one of the above, I would appreciate
your comments.  I do not want any replies asking me to buy a
memory manager.

Thank you,

Ashok
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Ashok Aiyar
axa12@po.cwru.edu
aiyar@cwbio.bioc.cwru.edu