sralston@srwic.UUCP (Steve Ralston) (09/14/90)
I recently moved the home directories of all users on a SCO ODT 1.0 system from [DEFAULT] /usr/$HOME directories to /usr/acct/$HOME. The directory /usr/acct is a mount point for a separate file system. Everything went well, EXCEPT; now when users start DOS from their shell command line with `dos`, /config.sys does not appear to be executed. The mouse driver is not loaded, ansi.sys does not get loaded, lastdrive doesn't get set, etc. Everything worked fine before moving users home directories to a separate file system. If root executes `dos`, all seems well; mouse driver gets loaded, ansi.sys, etc. Suggestions, anyone? Anybody else having any problems with Merge? I've checked file perms, etc; no luck. -- Steve Ralston sralston@srwic.UUCP 235 N Zelta voice: 316-686-2019 Wichita, KS 67206 ..!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwic!srwic!sralston
dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer) (09/17/90)
I'm not sure how much Merge386 has changed, we're still running version 1.3. Under that version, startup options such as which config.sys files are loaded are stored in files in the /etc directory. dosenv.def options are used when starting the dos envirnment with a 'dos' command, dosapp.def is used when starting dos programs from the unix command line. These files can be read and modified using the dosopt program (note that the -v option is required to see anything). Don't try to modify these files with an editor like vi. The dosopt program can also be used on individual dos programs, to change their default behaviour when executed from unix (dos programs run from the dos environment are not separate unix processes, and are unaffected by any changes to their own dos execution header, or dosapp.def). Good luck, Dan --- Daniel A. Graifer Franklin Mortgage Capital Corporation uunet!fciva!dag 7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A130 (703)448-3300 McLean, VA 22102 -- Daniel A. Graifer Franklin Mortgage Capital Corporation uunet!dag@fmccva.franklin.com 7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A130 (703)448-3300 McLean, VA 22102
erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) (09/27/90)
In article <187@srwic.UUCP>, sralston@srwic.UUCP (Steve Ralston) writes: > I recently moved the home directories of all users on a SCO ODT 1.0 system > from [DEFAULT] /usr/$HOME directories to /usr/acct/$HOME. The > directory /usr/acct is a mount point for a separate file system. > Everything went well, EXCEPT; now when users start DOS from their > shell command line with `dos`, /config.sys does not appear to be > executed. The mouse driver is not loaded, ansi.sys does not get > loaded, lastdrive doesn't get set, etc. Everything worked fine before > moving users home directories to a separate file system. If root > executes `dos`, all seems well; mouse driver gets loaded, ansi.sys, etc. > > Suggestions, anyone? Anybody else having any problems with Merge? > I've checked file perms, etc; no luck. > Steve Ralston sralston@srwic.UUCP > 235 N Zelta voice: 316-686-2019 > Wichita, KS 67206 ..!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwic!srwic!sralston My users (me) are in a /u file system. I've always put my DOS autoexec.bat and config.sys in my home directory and they seem to work just fine. That is, in /u/username (where username is the user's home directory). So, each user has a copy of autoexec.bat and config.sys. If your config.sys is in /, and I assume your root home directory is /, the fact that root runs DOS fine seems to bear out my theory. Try copying your config.sys, et al. to each user's home directory. I'm sure you wanted a system-wide default set up for your users, so this may not be the best of solutions. By the way, has anyone been able to run microsoft windows 3.0 under DOS under SCO OpenDesktop? I'd love to be able to do this, but realize that windows may not want to live under Merge 386. Hope this helps, -Eric -- Eric F. Johnson phone: +1 612 894 0313 BTI: Industrial Boulware Technologies, Inc. fax: +1 612 894 0316 automation systems 415 W. Travelers Trail email: erc@pai.mn.org and services Burnsville, MN 55337 USA
caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) (09/29/90)
In article <1452@pai.UUCP> erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) writes: >By the way, has anyone been able to run microsoft windows 3.0 under >DOS under SCO OpenDesktop? I'd love to be able to do this, but realize >that windows may not want to live under Merge 386. Installed it without much problem. I installed it to /u/windows, put /u/windows in my PATH, and it runs more or less. Mouse (on a 8-port card) emulations works perfectly. Comms programs barf at high speeds, but what's new? The Microsoft extended memory manager doesn't work, and of course Microsoft had to change the EMS standard, so Merge's EMS isn't any use. Perhaps the next Merge will handle Microsoft EMS. Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 17505-V NW Sauvie IS RD Portland OR 97231 503-621-3406 TeleGodzilla:621-3746 FAX:621-3735 CIS:70007,2304 Genie:CAF