echuang@ocf.berkeley.edu (Ernest Chuang) (06/20/91)
This must be a stupid question, considering the volume of traffic lately concerning the "loadhigh" command, but where the hell is it?!? I've just installed MS-DOS 5.0, and it doesn't recognize the command. It's not in the DOS directory; it's not on any of the original disks; and it's not even in the PACKING.LST. The closest filename I could find was loadfix.com, but the description of it that I get from "loadfix /?" doesn't quite seem to fit the bill. Am I just being dense here? Any help is appreciated. Thanks - Ernest Chuang echuang@ocf.berkeley.edu
echuang@plague.Berkeley.EDU (Ernest Chuang) (06/20/91)
Oops...I just checked the manual again and realized it was an internal
command, so it shouldn't be on the disks; but still, it doesn't seem
to recognize either "loadhigh" or "lh" ("devicehigh" works just fine).
Has anyone else had this problem?
- Ernest
echuang@ocf.berkeley.edureisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun20.090306.25375@agate.berkeley.edu>, echuang@plague.Berkeley.EDU (Ernest Chuang) writes... > >Oops...I just checked the manual again and realized it was an internal >command, so it shouldn't be on the disks; but still, it doesn't seem >to recognize either "loadhigh" or "lh" ("devicehigh" works just fine). >Has anyone else had this problem? Are you sure you're running the COMMAND.COM that came with DOS 5.0 (and not 4DOS, for example)? If you are using 4DOS, you can use the command: command /c loadhigh <your program here> to use DOS's LOADHIGH command - Jim =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The opinions expressed here in no way represent the views of Digital Equipment Corporation." James J. Reisert Internet: reisert@mast.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!mast.enet!reisert 146 Main Street Voice: 508-493-5747 Maynard, MA 01754 FAX: 508-493-0395
echuang@plague.Berkeley.EDU (Ernest Chuang) (06/21/91)
In article <23721@shlump.lkg.dec.com> reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes: > >In article <1991Jun20.090306.25375@agate.berkeley.edu>, > echuang@plague.Berkeley.EDU (Ernest Chuang) writes... >> >>Oops...I just checked the manual again and realized it was an internal >>command, so it shouldn't be on the disks; but still, it doesn't seem >>to recognize either "loadhigh" or "lh" ("devicehigh" works just fine). >>Has anyone else had this problem? > >Are you sure you're running the COMMAND.COM that came with DOS 5.0 (and not >4DOS, for example)? If you are using 4DOS, you can use the command: > > command /c loadhigh <your program here> > >to use DOS's LOADHIGH command > >- Jim Thanks! I am using 4DOS, so this was the problem. But as a follow-up question, what's the proper syntax for using "loadhigh" in conjunction with "install" in the config.sys (specifically for Fastopen)? The above suggested line works fine in my autoexec.bat, but when I try: install=command.com /c loadhigh c:\dos\fastopen.exe c:=(150,150) I get the boot-up message "Fastopen installed. Error in config.sys line 8" which is the above line. (I don't get the error when I remove that line). It *does* load fastopen into the UMB according to mem /c, but it's kind of irritating to get that error message every time I reboot. I've tried a few minor variations such as removing the extensions .com and .exe, removing the /c switch, and just doing a straight install=loadhigh c:\dos..., but they all give me outright errors and don't load Fastopen successfully. (Obviously I'm just going by trial and error, but I can't seem to find the answer in the manual :-) Can anyone see my mistake? - Ernest echuang@ocf.berkeley.edu