jagonch@PacBell.COM (Jim Goncher) (06/19/91)
I have been trying to use DOS5.0's LOADHI to put MIRROR in high memory with no success via my autoexec.bat file. The command line I am using therein is: loadhi c:\dos\mirror c: d: e: f: g: /tc /td /te /tf /tg This command successfully loads mirror below 640K line even though there is room for it in high memory as reported by MEM /c. A similar command loading DOSKEY in high memory works just fine. I have RTFM looking for restrictions on loading MIRROR in high memory with nothing found. Am I missing something? Please post responses to the net. Others may have the same question/problem. Thanks for any help. -- Jim Goncher 415/823-0663 jagonch@pacbell.com
john@drd.com (John Horeth) (06/20/91)
In article <6187@ptsfa.PacBell.COM> jagonch@PacBell.COM (Jim Goncher) writes: >I have been trying to use DOS5.0's LOADHI to put MIRROR in >high memory with no success via my autoexec.bat file. The >command line I am using therein is: > >loadhi c:\dos\mirror c: d: e: f: g: /tc /td /te /tf /tg > >This command successfully loads mirror below 640K line even >though there is room for it in high memory as reported by >MEM /c. A similar command loading DOSKEY in high memory works >just fine. I have RTFM looking for restrictions on loading >MIRROR in high memory with nothing found. Am I missing >something? > It turns out the same problem occurs using 386MAX, but there is a solution. Call Central Points BBS (can't find the number at the moment) and get their updated version of mirror then use it like the following: c:\dos\mirror c: d: e: f: g: loadhi c:\dos\mirror /tc /td /te /tf /tg Somewhere I read that mirror does some stuff that simply needs to be fixed by getting the one that is compatible with a memory manager. The new mirror and the splitting of the command into two lines solved it for me. john@DRD.com | John M. Horeth, II {uunet,rutgers}!drd!john | Horeth Programming Services, Inc. - (918)622-5594 | c/o DRD Corporation (918)743-3013
rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) (06/20/91)
In article <6187@ptsfa.PacBell.COM> jagonch@PacBell.COM (Jim Goncher) writes: >I have been trying to use DOS5.0's LOADHI to put MIRROR in >high memory with no success via my autoexec.bat file. > [details deleted] >Am I missing something? > >Please post responses to the net. Others may have the same >question/problem. > Simply put, MIRROR is *not* a TSR. When you run it, MIRROR copies the FAT, etc., into a hidden file in the very last sector of your disk. Then, if enabled (as you did with the /T switch) MIRROR installs another TSR called the Delete Tracker that keeps a running file of any files that have been deleted. The MIRROR stuff you see in regular memory is the Tracker. So you can't load MIRROR high because it isn't TSR -- it dies once the Tracker is installed. And it would seem that to load the Tracker high would require rewriting MIRROR, with liberal amounts of smoke, to boot! :-) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Schmidt | #include <disclaimer.h> Indiana University | /* They are _my_ thoughts, and you can't Graduate School of Business | have them, so there! */
jagonch@PacBell.COM (Jim Goncher) (06/20/91)
In article <1991Jun19.172012.16792@drd.com> john@drd.com (John Horeth) writes: > >Call Central Points BBS (can't find the number at the moment) and get their ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >updated version of mirror then use it like the following: > >c:\dos\mirror c: d: e: f: g: >loadhi c:\dos\mirror /tc /td /te /tf /tg > John, Thanks! This sounds promising. However, I do need some help getting their BBS number since I do not have any of their products. If you can't find it, can anyone else help? Also, is there anything I need to know to identify this updated version of MIRROR when I get into the BBS? Of course, the ultimate solution would be for Microsoft to fix MIRROR themselves and send us an update.....you're right, I haven't had my morning cup of reality yet. :-) -- Jim Goncher 415/823-0663 jagonch@pacbell.com
jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik) (06/20/91)
In article rschmidt@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) writes: >the Tracker. So you can't load MIRROR high because it isn't TSR -- it >dies once the Tracker is installed. And it would seem that to load the >Tracker high would require rewriting MIRROR, with liberal amounts of >smoke, to boot! :-) Your description of MIRROR is probably accurate except that I have loaded it high without any problem. I also loaded high the print spooler, the graphics program, doskey, fastopen, etc. -- Joe Wasik, Pac*Bell, 2600 Camino Ramon, Rm 4E750V, San Ramon, CA (415)823-2422 email: jcwasik@clib.PacBell.COM or [...]!pacbell!clib!jcwasik If Webster was so smart, how come his dictionaries don't have an index?