Help me with DOS

[Fred Poole]

I just installed dos 6.22 and when I resetted my computer ,
dos gives me an error message'error: unable to control A20
line, XMS Driver not installed, HMA not available: Loading
Dos low'. Dos told me to make sure device=himem.sys.
I checked my config.sys and it was setup correctly. HELP!

[Frank Sandy]

In article <3up5nj$c...@srv1.sj.ablecom.net>,

I would think you need to specify the full path ie:

device=C:\dos\himem.sys

or the equivalent.

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[Dave Fletcher]

FP>> I just installed dos 6.22 and when I resetted my computer ,
FP>> dos gives me an error message'error: unable to control A20
FP>> line, XMS Driver not installed, HMA not available: Loading
FP>> Dos low'. Dos told me to make sure device=himem.sys.
FP>> I checked my config.sys and it was setup correctly. HELP!

Assuming you have specified the proper path to the directory where himem.sys is

located, you might have to set a "machine" parameter in the himem.sys line in
Config.sys like so: (assuming himem.sys is located in c:\dos)

device=c:\dos\himem.sys /machine:nn

where nn is a number between 1 and 13. You might also check your BIOS for an
A20 setting (if available) and change it to a different value.

fle...@poohs.com

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[Stan Moore]

In article <9507240...@poohs.com>,

dave.f...@poohs.com (Dave Fletcher) wrote:
>
>FP>> I just installed dos 6.22 and when I resetted my computer ,
>FP>> dos gives me an error message'error: unable to control A20
>FP>> line, XMS Driver not installed, HMA not available: Loading
>FP>> Dos low'. Dos told me to make sure device=himem.sys.
>FP>> I checked my config.sys and it was setup correctly. HELP!
>
>Assuming you have specified the proper path to the directory where himem.sys is

I wouldn't take that bet. I seriously doubt that himem.sys is in the
root dir. If himem.sys isn't in c:\ then clearly the line
device=himem.sys is the problem. There should be a copy of himem.sys in
the Dos dir and possibly a copy in the windows dir. Most likely the
copy in c:\WINDOWS is the newest so the line should probably read
device=c:\WINDOWS\himem.sys

>located, you might have to set a "machine" parameter in the himem.sys line in
>Config.sys like so: (assuming himem.sys is located in c:\dos)
>
> device=c:\dos\himem.sys /machine:nn
>
>where nn is a number between 1 and 13. You might also check your BIOS for an
>A20 setting (if available) and change it to a different value.

While this is true, I've got to say that it's either rare or I'm pretty
lucky. I've never had to add this line to a system and I've set up
quite a few. Based on my life experience so far, I'm not betting on
luck :)

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