fanj@remb6489.wpd.sgi.com (Fan Jiao) (05/09/91)
I would like to know how to get DOS box in OS/2 V2.0 PR3. All I got was the error msg saying "DOS Emulation is not currently available". I looked at the readme file in the toolkit, and there was no such comments about DOS box. Thanks. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Fan Jiao, (x:1615, M/S:9U-510) )
wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) (05/12/91)
In article <1991May9.160456.16628@twilight.wpd.sgi.com> fanj@twilight.wpd writes: >I would like to know how to get DOS box in OS/2 V2.0 PR3. All I got was the >error msg saying "DOS Emulation is not currently available". I looked at the >readme file in the toolkit, and there was no such comments about DOS box. >Thanks. I can think of two things off the top of my head. First, check your CONFIG.SYS to see if it has the line "PROTECTONLY=YES". If so, change it to say "NO", since DOS is not a protected mode application. Second, one of the older Beta versions had a bug that wouldn't allow any DOS boxes to open if there weren't any DOS devices loaded. If the above doesn't work, then try adding the line "DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS" to your config.sys file. Then you should be able to run DOS boxes galore. -- NOTICE: Due to the complexity of nearly all topics, the opinions expressed above are in continual process of formation and may be changed without notice. Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525