DOS
Specifies that MS-DOS should maintain a link to the upper memory area, load
part of itself into the high memory area (HMA), or both. You can use this
command only in your CONFIG.SYS file.
Syntax
DOS=HIGH|LOW[,UMB|,NOUMB]
DOS=[HIGH,|LOW,]UMB|NOUMB
Parameters
UMB|NOUMB
Specifies whether MS-DOS should manage upper memory blocks (UMBs)
created by a UMB provider such as EMM386.EXE. The UMB parameter
specifies that MS-DOS should manage UMBs, if they exist. The NOUMB
parameter specifies that MS-DOS should not manage UMBs. The default
setting is NOUMB.
HIGH|LOW
Specifies whether MS-DOS should attempt to load a part of itself into
the HMA (HIGH) or keep all of MS-DOS in conventional memory (LOW). The
default setting is LOW.
Related Commands
For information about loading a device driver into the upper memory area,
see the <DEVICEHIGH> command.
For information about loading a program into the upper memory area, see the
<LOADHIGH> command.
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