Chaos won't exit!!!
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A gentleman answered me on this forum in regards to Chaos, which wouldn't
exit back to DOS. I don't remember who you are, but you were having a
similar problem. I spoke with Autodesk today, and a guy there named Bob,
told me to change the errorlevel value on one of the lines near the top of
chaos.bat to 9, from 999. This apparently helps Chaos to work under Ndos.
(a command processor that Norton licensed from 4dos)
This solution has allowed me to exit back to DOS, but it is not clean.
Metashel remains in memory. The metashel /k command results in a statement
saying that another tsr has been loaded on top of the shell and it cannot
remove itself. There must be some conflict with Ndos, because I'm not
loading anything else after Chaos. In fact, I am issuing the metashel /k
command immediately after exiting Chaos.
I'm going to call Autodesk again tomorrow, but if anybody has any other
ideas, I'm all ears.
md
I'm curious to know if you can type METASHEL /I (which installs metashel)
and then after it's installed, METASHEL /K (which should be the very next
TSR and should uninstall). If you can't do that, it may be necessary to
REM the NDOS line in the config, and try again.
There could be an erroneous message about metashel not being the last TSR,
if you're running CHAOS.BAT like everyone else!
Nik
I'm curious to know if you can type METASHEL /I (which installs metashel)
and then after it's installed, METASHEL /K (which should be the very next
TSR and should uninstall). If you can't do that, it may be necessary to
REM the NDOS line in the config, and try again. —-Yes, I can do that from
the command line with NDOS. Worked flawlessly!
There could be an erroneous message about metashel not being the last TSR,
if you're running CHAOS.BAT like everyone else! —-Yes, I am getting that
message! And I was using CHAOS.BAT. Any way to fix it?
md
It would be easier if I could recreate your dilemma here. I'll check
around and get back. In the meantime, yes, go ahead and call product
support. (I'm one of the techs there)
Best of luck,
Nik
Hi, Mike.
This is the Bob you spoke with regarding the '999' change.
I have encountered the 'Metagraphics not last TSR loaded…' before and it
literally means that. For once, the error message isn't cryptic <g>.
However, through some research, it would appear that other programs make
use of the metashel, but don't blatantly expose the fact that it is getting
loaded.
I'm going to contact Metagraphics to see if I get gather further data.
I'll keep you apprised of my findings.
have fun for now.
BobP