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DEVICEHIGH Uses UMB from Previous DEVICEHIGH Command

Article ID: 103521

Article Last Modified on 11/18/1999



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q103521

SUMMARY

This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands and filenames.

SYMPTOMS

If you have a DEVICEHIGH statement without an explicit /L parameter, MS-DOS uses the same upper memory block (UMB) as the last DEVICEHIGH command that did have an explicit /L parameter. For example, if you have the following commands in your CONFIG.SYS file, RAMDRIVE.SYS loads into region two:

devicehigh/l:1=c:\dos\ansi.sys
devicehigh/l:2=c:\dos\dblspace.sys
devicehigh=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys


If you remove the DEVICEHIGH command for DBLSPACE.SYS, RAMDRIVE.SYS loads into region one.

NOTE: This example assumes both UMBs are large enough to hold RAMDRIVE.SYS.


Additional query words: 6.20

Keywords: KB103521