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#DOS 6.0 Problems

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#52685From: Mark SolomonJul 13, 1993 7:12 PM
After I installed DOS 6.0 on my clone (Midwest Micro Elite), my CD software stopped working. Microsoft Library, for example, loads the opening screen and begins to access the drive, but responds to any search that there were no matches for the criteria entered. There are apparently equivalent problems with Grolier Electronic Encyclopdia and PC Globe. The drive (a Magnavox CDD 461) is fine mechanically–the audio TSR loads and controls the drive for audio playback. My CONFIG.SYS is as follows: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM I=B000-B7FF buffers=30,0 FILES=35 DOS=UMB LASTDRIVE=Z FCBS=4,0 DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE Numlock off DOS=HIGH DEVICEHIGH /L:1,9072 =C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS DEVICEHIGH /L:1,21248 =C:\CDROM\CDROM.SYS /D:CDROM01 /P:340 STACKS=9,256 SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /p DEVICEHIGH /L:2,44496 =C:\DOS\DBLSPACE.SYS /MOVE My AUTOEXEC.BAT: @LH /L:2,27984 C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:CDROM01 @LH /L:0 C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE 190/a @PROMPT $P$G @PATH C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\MOUSE;C:\PK;C:\CDROM;C:\SYM3;C:\NORT @be sa bright white on red @SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP @LH /L:2,12768 MOUSE @C: @ncd DOS @DOSSHELL Can anyone give me an idea where to begin my troubleshooting?
#52727From: kevin kellyJul 14, 1993 8:46 AM
Mark, I'm sorta surprised it works at all; at the least, you need to specify the drive letter for the CDROM with the /L: switch for mscdex. To make the drive respond as E: (presumably, if you have one HDD and are using doublespace from dos6, both C: and D: are spoken for), you'd have an mscdex switch that looks like /L:E. You may have some memory optimization issues that would be helpful to rectify as well, but they're not likely causing your problem unless MEM reports less than 550K free. Check comments in file Laser3.txt in Lib #4 for the /E switch for mscdex, lastdrive, and dos=high,umb for starters. Best of luck!
#52884From: Glen ChapmanJul 16, 1993 8:25 AM
Kevin. FYI the /L is optional, if omitted MSCDEX uses next available drive letter. Glen
#52731From: Glen ChapmanJul 14, 1993 9:52 AM
Mark, As a first try, change boot files so that that the CDROM driver and MSCDEX are NOT loaded high. Glen