Modifying the CONFIG.SYS File

If you have a word processing program that can save a file as a text-only file (also called an ASCII file), you can use it to add the memory manager to the CONFIG.SYS file. Follow these steps:

1.Start your word processing program.

2.Load the file CONFIG.SYS and add the following command line:

DEVICE=EMM286.SYS

For information on optional parameters, see “Using

EMM286.SYS options,” below.

Note

If the EMM286.SYS file is in a directory other than the root directory and you have not entered that directory in a PATH command (in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, for example), you need to include the pathname for EMM286.SYS on the DEVICE= command line. For example, if EMM286.SYS is in a directory called \DRV on drive C, include the pathname like this:

DEVICE=C:\DRV\EMM286.SYS

If you plan to use any of your expanded memory to create a virtual disk with the MS-DOS VDISK device driver, be sure to insert the DEVICE=EMM286.SYS command line before the VDISK command line in your CONFIG.SYS file. See your MS-DOS Reference Manual for information about VDISK.

3.Save the file as an ASCII text file.

4.Reset the computer.

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