The M[n] parameter specifies a particular 64KB page frame address for EMM386SX.SYS. The value n must be a number from 1 to 9 to indicate one of the following addresses:

Default setting

For example, to specity a page frame address of 0CC000h, add the following command line to your CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE-EMM386SX.SYS /M4

Note

If you have installed an EGA or VGA display adapter card, you cannot enter the following values for n:

/Ml -Ml /M2 -M2

The P[nnn] parameter specifies the number of handles (or process IDS) available to EMM386SX.SYS. The value for nnn must be in the range of 64 to 256. The default value is 64.

The X[nnnn-nnnn]parameter specifies a hexadecimal memory address range to exclude from mapping by Eh4M386SX.SYS. The first address (nnnn) is the beginning address of the range and the second address (nnnn) is the ending address.

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