CompuServe Thread

Jeff, you need to create a DOS Image . For details look in the command reference guide (in your information folder) and search on VMDISK and FSFILTER.SYS. You will get the other details from there. It all basically works by booting a real DOS (I use a DOSv5.0 boot disk), image under a VDM session. I use several diferent DOS images, one for 3ds one for PAR.EXEand one for backup of my PAR drive. My DOS image config.sys is : DEVICE=FSFILTER.SYS DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS /numhandles=64 DEVICE=A:\EMM386.SYS NOEMS DOS=HIGH,UMB SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM /E:2048 /P FILES=40 BUFFERS = 30 STACKS=9,256 LASTDRIVE =J The first three DEVICE files came from the \OS2\MDOS directory. The COMMAND.COM came when I created my bootable DOS v5.0 diskette (format a: /s). My AUTOEXEC.BAT is : @ECHO OFF SET COMSPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM PROMPT $p$g PATH C:\DOS;F:\OS2\MDOS;D:\ZIP;D:\BATCH;D:\MACH32; SET TEMP=D:\TMP SET KEDIT=DEFPROFILE D:\KED\KEDITDOS\RDVPRO.DOS PREXX WIDTH 2048 A:\mouse d:\DPS_PAR\parinit /P=d:\DPS_PAR d:\DPS_PAR\pardrv -A d: cd\3ds4 3DSHELL F:\OS2\MDOS\EXIT_VDM Obviously the the drive letters and directories are dependant on your own system. The config.sys and autoexec.bat is the combination I use for PAR/3DSv4. The WPS program object DOS memory settings are : DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT 256 EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 2048 XMS_MEMEORY_LIMIT 5048 The last DOS setting I use is : DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE d:\dosimage\3ds4par.img If you format the original DOS boot disk at the smallest size possible (eg. force 360K on a 5 1/4" diskette), you can save space on your hard disk when you use VMDISK to create the IMG file (eg. 3ds4par.img). Other DOS settings will work but these are what I use. I hope this helps. I find a 3ds/par so effective under OS/2 that I cannot even start 3ds under DOS any more. R. Doug Vaughan

> [PAR under WARP] Anyone out there with success? < I'm running OS/2 2.1, but I am sure the concepts are the same. The version of DOS included with OS/2 does not contain necessary lookup tables for the PARDRV program. As a result, you will need create a DOS boot image on your hard drive using MS DOS or any other compatible DOS. The procedure should be outlined in your OS/2 Ref manual. When you boot the DOS image it is the same as a DOS Full Screen session or DOS window. Memory and other setting are the same as in an OS/2 DOS session. If you need further help, drop me an e-mail or post here. — James — MAP —