DOS ain't dead - DR-DOS CONFIG.SYS settings

DR-DOS CONFIG.SYS settings (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 29.11.2007, 10:38

> Because mouse is sensitive and ctmouse crashes everytime durring boot to
> EDR-DOS. it is sufficient to small move or shock durring boot and EDR-DOS
> is stoped , sometime jemm386 calls report of ctmouse driver.

All I can think of is try loading it low (-w, IIRC). If that doesn't work, then never mind. ;-)

EDIT: There are actually three versions of CTmouse in circulation: 1.9 stable, 2.0 alpha, and 2.1 "non-EGA". I usually don't use a mouse in DOS, but I know that my (brief) tests have noticed that sometimes 1.9 works better when 2.0 won't work at all (or vice versa). So try another version instead and see if that helps:

http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/ (1.9.1 and 2.0a4)
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/mouse/eric/ (2.1b, no longer EGA compatible but bugfixed??)

> > > DEVICEHIGH=D:\DOS\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:OAK
> > > DEVICEHIGH=D:\DOS\UIDE.SYS /S5 /D:OAK
> >
> > CD and DVD drives, I assume?
>
> Yes, I tried such with DVD-RAM and aspi.sys, can I find some new emulation
> driver like aspi.sys?

Dunno. I just meant that UIDE should support both CD and DVD at the same time, no?

> > > HISTACKS
> >
> > Are you sure you need this? Some people avoid it like the plague unless
> > you really need it.
>
> I understand what means stack on microchips, but here I don`t know its
> function ...

I don't really know either (interrupt stack or some b.s.). That's why it's best to avoid it unless you know otherwise. Something about IBM PC compatibles need ... while others need .... (I can check DR-DOS' DOSBOOK.EXE later today for you, if you want.) Nevermind, I can boot FreeDOS in QEMU and use it's HELP.EXE:

> stacks
> Adds stacks to handle hardware interrupts.
>
> stacks=nn,nnn
>
> Options
>
> nn
> the number of stacks in the range 8-64, and 0.
>
> nnn
> The size of each stack, in bytes, in the range of 32-512.

Bah, not very descriptive. Oh well, just avoid it unless some app needs it. :-P

> > > HILASTDRIVE=Z
> >
> > I wouldn't set it so high unless you really need it (e.g. various SUBST
> > drives). It wastes extra memory this way.
>
> I have drivers > A-M installed.

Well, I use a lot of SUBST drives (H: -> HOME, P: -> PROJECTS, Z: -> C:\ZIPS), so I personally need it (usually) unless mostly clean booting. If you don't do similar, you probably don't need it. (Besides, DR-DOS allegedly supports beyond that even: LASTDRIVE=32)

> > > HISTORY=ON,1024,ON
>
> it is not need ?

With the built-in history, you can't adjust it or unload it. Toddy is both a DOSKEY and HISTORY replacement, is open source, small, very configurable, and can be unloaded. That's why I like it. Same thing applies to DR-DOS' VDISK (use TDSK or SHSURDRV instead, they can be resized if you need the extra RAM). I find these more flexible options, but feel free to use whatever. ;-)

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