Command: lastdrivehigh
Lastdrivehigh is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.
Lastdrivehigh sets the last letter to which a drive can be assigned.
Syntax:
lastdrivehigh=x
where x is the last letter that will be available.
Options:
- none -
Comments:
By default, FreeDOS will set x high enough for all floppy drives and
detectable hard drive partitions, plus one for a CD or other drive.
You may want to set x higher if you wish to use more than one drive that
FreeDOS cannot detect automatically (CD drives, zip drives etc.).
Setting x higher than necessary wastes a small amount of memory.
LASTDRIVEHIGH is like LASTDRIVE, except it attempts to load into high
memory first (failing that it should load in conventional memory).
Note: The order you load devices may have a large impact on amount
of free memory available. In general try to load large (in memory
usage) programs into high memory first.
Important: You should have a high memory manager such as (HIMEM), HIMEMX
or JEMMEX installed (prior device=himem.exe or device=himemx.exe
in CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS) before using this option.
LASTDRIVEHIGH is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
in order to work.
Examples:
IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
lastdrivehigh=z enables drive letters from A - Z.
See also:
config.sys
fdconfig.sys
(fdxms)
(fdxms286)
(himem)
himemx
jemmex
lastdrive
shsucdx
File:
Please read this command's lsm file also.
You will find the updated version (internet) here and
the version described in this manual page here.
The lsm file contains information about the name of the programmer,
the download site, and some other command related information.
Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2011 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.