DEVICEHIGH Uses UMB from Previous DEVICEHIGH Command (103521)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q103521

SUMMARY

This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands and filenames.

SYMPTOMS

If you have a DEVICEHIGH statement without an explicit /L parameter, MS-DOS uses the same upper memory block (UMB) as the last DEVICEHIGH command that did have an explicit /L parameter. For example, if you have the following commands in your CONFIG.SYS file, RAMDRIVE.SYS loads into region two:

devicehigh/l:1=c:\dos\ansi.sys
devicehigh/l:2=c:\dos\dblspace.sys
devicehigh=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys

If you remove the DEVICEHIGH command for DBLSPACE.SYS, RAMDRIVE.SYS loads into region one.

NOTE: This example assumes both UMBs are large enough to hold RAMDRIVE.SYS.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 11/18/1999
Keywords: KB103521