afdenis@lims05.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison) (06/29/91)
In article <91174.181153CBTCC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, <CBTCC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes... >I tried to post this earlier, and I don't think it made it. Pardon if this is >a repeat.... >My rommate just installed DOS5 on his Tandy 2500XL. The installation >bombed. He said he did everything as laid out in the manual, & I >believe him. Anyway, as I said, it's on a Tandy 2500 XL. This is the screen >appearance on booting: >*********************************************(My stars...) >MS-DOS Version 3.30.10 >(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1987 >All rights reserved > >Mouse Driver - Release 4.10 (sys) >Copyright (C) 1984, 1989 Logitech Inc. All rights reserved. >EGA/VGA connected >Mouse Driver installed. > >HIMEM: DOS XMS Driver, Version 2.77 - 02/27/91 >XMS Specification Version 2.0 >Copyright 1988-1991 Microsoft Corp. > >Installed A20 handler number 1. >64K High Memory Area is available. > > >Unrecognized command in CONFIG.SYS >Incorrect DOS version > >Bad or missing Command Interpreter >********************************************(End of screen) >It looks as though the installation didn't take at all. We got the same >message when we tried to boot off various floppies. The machine didn't appear >to access any drive except the fixed disk. >I told Vin that I would post this, and that some guru in Netland would help >him out. Any advice? > >PS: He also tried booting with the UNINSTALL disk, and got the same message. > >Please send any replies to me- I can never keep up with all the traffic on all >the newsgroups I read, and I'll probably miss any posted replies. I'll >summarize & post a condensed list of possible fixes as they come in... >Thanks! It looks like just installing DOS 3.3 command.com in the root of the hard drive will get you up, but you may have to physically disconnect the cable to your hard disk to get the machine to boot from floppy. > >Chris Thompson >CBTCC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (BITNET) >christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (INTERNET) > "My life is a sine wave. Now, if I could just get the damned amplitude down..." Stephen Dennison
brs@cci632.cci.com (Brian Scherer) (06/29/91)
run your setup program, to allow you to boot off of disk not rom.