Using MemMaker with MS-DOS Multiple Configuration Menus (94891)

SUMMARY

You can use MemMaker with multiple configurations, but doing so requires that you create separate configuration files to run MemMaker. The "MS-DOS User's Guide" for version 6.0 and 6.2 explains this procedure in detail in Chapter 6 (pages 151 to 154).

This article explains why these separate configuration files are necessary.

MORE INFORMATION

MemMaker removes all references to memory managers, the FILES= statement, the BUFFERS= statement, and the DOS= statement. It then adds the following statements at the top of the CONFIG.SYS file:

      DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
   DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE <settings>
   buffers=<setting>
   files=<setting>
   dos=umb
   lastdrive=<setting>
   FCBS=<setting>
   [Everything else remains in the same order]

NOTE: The <setting> and <settings> are determined by MemMaker for your specific installation and configuration.

Because of this design, MemMaker cannot work with configuration files containing Multi-Config sections that reference multiple memory managers or have different memory configurations.

MemMaker also uses a program called SIZER.EXE to determine memory requirements for device drivers and terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs. MemMaker analyzes the contents of the entire CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files (regardless of Multi-Config headings) to calculate the optimum memory configuration for your system. Because the files are viewed as a single unit, each individual configuration will not be optimized after you run MemMaker.