Microsoft KB Archive/94891

= Using MemMaker with MS-DOS Multiple Configuration Menus =

Article ID: 94891

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q94891





SUMMARY
You can use MemMaker with multiple configurations, but doing so requires that you create separate configuration files to run MemMaker. The &quot;MS-DOS User's Guide&quot; for version 6.0 and 6.2 explains this procedure in detail in Chapter 6 (pages 151 to 154).

This article explains why these separate configuration files are necessary.



MORE INFORMATION
MemMaker removes all references to memory managers, the FILES= statement, the BUFFERS= statement, and the DOS= statement. It then adds the following statements at the top of the CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE buffers= files= dos=umb lastdrive= FCBS= [Everything else remains in the same order] NOTE: The and are determined by MemMaker for your specific installation and configuration.

Because of this design, MemMaker cannot work with configuration files containing Multi-Config sections that reference multiple memory managers or have different memory configurations.

MemMaker also uses a program called SIZER.EXE to determine memory requirements for device drivers and terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs. MemMaker analyzes the contents of the entire CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files (regardless of Multi-Config headings) to calculate the optimum memory configuration for your system. Because the files are viewed as a single unit, each individual configuration will not be optimized after you run MemMaker.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20 MULTICONFIG

Keywords: KB94891

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