home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- If you have problems with STEREOWORLD:
-
- If STEREOWORLD fails to load some sections of the software, or STEREOWORLD
- runs slowly, please refer to the information below:
-
-
-
- HIMEM and EMM386 Memory Managers
-
- The memory managers HIMEM and EMM386 need to be installed on your computer
- for STEREOWORLD to function correctly.
-
- Please consult your DOS manual for details of how to install HIMEM and
- EMM386, or see below for information on how to create a DOS boot disk.
-
-
-
- Memory Shortage due to TSRs, Device Drivers, and DOS Shells
-
- The term, TSR, is an abbreviation for Terminate and Stay Resident, and some
- TSRs may be automatically loaded into memory when you start up your computer.
- We recommend that you do not run any TSRs, Device Drivers, DOS shells, etc.
- when attempting to run STEREOWORLD.
-
- Creating a DOS Boot Disk for STEREOWORLD
-
- If you experience any problems in installing or running STEREOWORLD, start up
- your computer system using a DOS boot disk. Please follow the procedure
- below exactly if you want to create a DOS boot disk:
-
- 1. Log onto your hard disk using the appropriate drive letter.
- Usually this means typing c: and pressing the Enter key.
-
- 2. Insert a blank disk into the a: drive.
-
- 3. Type format a:/s and press the Enter key.
-
- 4. When you are prompted to insert a blank disk into the a: drive,
- press the Enter key.
-
- 5. When the disk formatting is complete, you will be prompted to label
- (title) the disk. Type in a label or simply press the Enter key.
-
- 6. You will now be asked whether you want to format another disk.
- Type n and press the Enter key.
-
- 7. Now create a CONFIG.SYS file on your DOS boot disk by typing the
- following after the c: prompt is shown:
-
- edit a:\config.sys and press the Enter key.
-
- When the edit screen appears, type:
-
- device=c:\dos\himem.sys and press the Enter key.
- device=c:\dos\emm386.exe ram and press the Enter key.
- dos=high and press the Enter key.
- files=40 and press the Enter key.
- buffers=20 and press the Enter key.
- (the following line is only required for the CD-ROM
- version of STEREOWORLD)
- device= (the path to your CD-ROM driver)
- and press the Enter key.
-
- Save this file by typing:
- <Alt>F
- X
- Y
-
- 8. Next you must create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your DOS boot disk.
- Type:
-
- edit a:\autoexec.bat
-
- When the edit screen appears, type:
-
- prompt $p$g and press the Enter key.
- path=c:\dos and press the Enter key.
- (alter the following line as appropriate if your mouse
- driver is not in the directory called mouse, or your
- mouse driver is not called mouse.com)
- c:\mouse\mouse.com and press the Enter key.
- (the following line is only required for the CD-ROM
- version of STEREOWORLD)
- c:(path)\mscdex.exe (followed by all the parameters from the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the c: drive)
- and press the Enter key.
-
- Save this file by typing:
- <Alt>F
- X
- Y
-
- 9. Now start your computer system from the DOS boot disk by inserting it
- into the a: drive and restarting your computer.
- After the a:> prompt appears, type c: and press the Enter key.
-
- 10. Follow the usual instructions for running STEREOWORLD.
-
-
-