When I try to run certain things, it says "Out of Memory! Try unnloading your TSRs". I changed the dosbox maximum memory in dosbox.conf to 64 megabytes. I KNOW that is enough memory. How can I change that?
I have a Mac OS X computer.
What are you trying to run?
It could be because you have too much memory. I doubt that it is referring to EMS/XMS but likely conventional. Try running "loadfix" in dosbox.
How do I run loadfix?
Read README. Also the next time post DOSBOX related things into DOSBOX forums.
Mirek
I read the README file and I didn't see anything about loadfix.
I wonder what is this then?
LOADFIX [-size] [program] [program-parameters]
There are more details there about this command, but I left them out so you can practise reading README.
Mirek
I don't understand, what am I suppose to put in with the command to replace: [-size] [program] [program-parameters] in the command loafix [-size] [program] [program-parameters]?
Start with the (internal DOSBox) command MEM:
C:> mem
Notice how much free memory DOSBox makes available for your program.
Next run LOADFIX:
C:> loadfix
Now check how much memory LOADFIX has "eaten" from DOSBox - and thus from your application:
C:> mem
Do you see the difference? Should be around 64 KB less free memory.
Now try running your program:
C:> name-of-program
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I looked at the links and did what you said, yet it still says out of memory!
Then try
1) "loadfix -f" to free up memory.
2) "loadfix -1" to eat 1 KB of memory.
3) Run program.
If that fails, go back to step 1, and instead of 1 KB, let loadfix eat 2 KB ("loadfix -2"). Repeat for 3 KB, 4 KB, etc.
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That will take FOREVER! is there not anything faster??
Well, if you buy me a 2-way 1st class air ticket, a taxi ride from the airport to your home and back, I will come and install the game for you. My best estimate is that I can get it up and running in 2-3 hours (for which I will charge you $100 per hour). Of course, if I fail to get it up and running, I will void those $300.
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How can I unload my TSRs?
Wouldn't that get it working?
Thing is, you don't have any TSRs loaded. DOSBox emulates a DOS enviroment that is quite rare and a few programs are really bad at handle it and give out fake errors or simply crash. The "loadfix" command was made to fix that.
And you have still not answered the question, what are you trying to run?
How can I unload my TSRs?
Most certainly you can't, because there aren't any loaded. If there were, you probably wouldn't have to ask...
Please answer DosFreaks question: What are you trying to do?
I am attempting to run a game, keen1.exe (Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars) in modkeen, a modding program.
Well Keen 1 works fine for me in Dosbox.
Modkeen just locks up for me in the latest CVS using Full/Dynamic core. It uses CWSDPMI for memory. Guess I'll try out different versions of CWS.
Actually it wasn't a lockup...it just took awhile to export the graphics. So modkeen works fine here as far as exporting the graphics goes. I'm using Modkeen v2.0.1.
So what should I do?
Download all that stuff you just mentioned?
just wait for the next version of dosbox.
Probably somewhere the next week.
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