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extended mem not found on 286 ~ uggg!
Name: djinnette Date: February 21, 2001 at 00:03:06 Pacific
Comment:
Tried installing Win3.1 on a 286 c DOS6.22 and was hit with "No extended mem/XMS driver found/installed" (something like that).
Had 1 or 2 expansion cards in it years ago and I'm told they were never removed. Is there a way to tell/test if they're still installed (aside from looking in the box)?
This might be way off (been reading a lot lately and my mind is pretty much jellow right now), but maybe a line in config.sys would do the trick?
I've seen many posts instructing device=blah be edited in. They're all a little bit different, but seemed like a good starting place to ask about.
Name: hmpxrii Date: February 21, 2001 at 03:06:13 Pacific
Reply:
I think you should add the following line to config.sys:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
And, of course, make sure that C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS exists.
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Response Number 2
Name: Monkeyman Date: February 21, 2001 at 07:02:17 Pacific
Reply:
Extended memory is memory over 1 MB, a 286 only has 640 KB of memory. Remove the Himem.sys line and don't use any other extended memory managers.
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Response Number 3
Name: fred6008 Date: February 21, 2001 at 10:16:30 Pacific
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If you have no extended memory you have to run windows in standard mode by typing WIN /S.
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Response Number 4
Name: Chris Hodapp Date: February 23, 2001 at 20:03:49 Pacific
Reply:
Hold on hold on hold on.......286s can have memory above 1 meg, but must be in protected mode to address it. The memory can be accessed through hardware interrupt 15h, but there is no hardware gate A20. Windows will only run in Standard mode on 286...
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Response Number 5
Name: crutch Date: April 2, 2001 at 05:58:26 Pacific
Reply:
Chris, Could you send me a listing of your Config and Autoexec setup for using the 15h interrupt on a 286. Trying to get Dos 6.22 pass that Himem.sys msg XMS Driver not installed.
Crutch
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Response Number 6
Name: Crutch Date: April 2, 2001 at 06:05:05 Pacific
Reply:
Djinnette or anyone responding to this posted msg above..
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