#DOS 6.0 Problems
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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?
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!
Kevin.
FYI the /L is optional, if omitted MSCDEX uses next available drive letter.
Glen
Mark,
As a first try, change boot files so that that the CDROM driver and MSCDEX are
NOT loaded high.
Glen