Microsoft KB Archive/106129

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Err Msg Running MemMaker: EMM386 DMA Buffer Is Too Small...

Article ID: 106129

Article Last Modified on 11/18/1999

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APPLIES TO

• 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 Q106129

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following error message when you run MemMaker:

EMM386 DMA Buffer is too small. Add D=48 parameter and reboot.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you are running:

• Qemm instead of EMM386.EXE version 4.48 (which is included with MS-DOS 6.2).
• EMM386.EXE version 4.44 (which is included with Windows 3.1).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:

• Change the EMM386.EXE command in your CONFIG.SYS file to correctly reference the version supplied with MS-DOS 6.2, and then run MemMaker. For an example of this command, see step 2 in the procedure below. -or-
  
  
• Replace the Qemm commands with the correct MS-DOS commands for HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE and then run MemMaker. To do so:
  
  
  1. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file and remove the Qemm statements to disable Qemm.
  2. Add DEVICE commands for HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE (including the D=48 parameter). For example:

     device=c:\dos\himem.sys
     device=c:\dos\emm386.exe d=48

  3. Reboot your computer and run MemMaker.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.20 "qemm version 6.02"

Keywords: KB106129

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