Microsoft KB Archive/94554

= HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE Are Not Verbose by Default =

Article ID: 94554

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 Q94554



SUMMARY
In Microsoft MS-DOS version 6.0 and 6.2, HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE do not display any initialization information by default. When you start your computer, no information is displayed by either device driver as CONFIG.SYS is processed. To show data such as A20 handling switches and upper memory area (UMA) information, you must add the /VERBOSE (/V) switch to each device driver statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. For example:   DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /V DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D7FF /V



MORE INFORMATION
You can also display startup information by pressing the ALT key while your computer is starting. This is useful for a one-time status check of these drivers.

If either device driver finds an error during initialization, it automatically switches to verbose mode, displaying both the error and its normal startup information.

HIMEM.SYS requires a forward slash before the word VERBOSE (or V); EMM386.EXE does not. Omitting the forward slash on HIMEM.SYS causes the following message (although the verbose information is displayed):

Warning: Invalid parameter ignored: V

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB94554

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