Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:41:55 -0500
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	Williams on Mon, 6 Jan 2003 12:23:32 -0600)
Subject: Re: Generate real-mode 386 DOS executables?
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> My only use for HIMEM.SYS has been to load DOS into the HMA.  Does this
> capability (i.e., DOS=HIGH) have any advantage in protected mode, other
> than to free up some conventional memory below the 640K mark?

You're better off not installing himem.sys, and letting cwsdpmi manage
memory.  DJGPP can use the upper memory just as easily as any other
memory, and you avoid having yet another TSR installed.