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- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 12:35:04 -0500 (EST)
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- To: JRT <rtav@starnetinc.com>, executor@ardi.com
- From: johnhess@cris.com (John Hess)
- Subject: Re: Executor won't start from MS-DOS
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- At 07:06 PM 2/21/96 -0600, JRT wrote:
- >I am running Executor 1.99q on an AMD DX4/100 with 16 MB RAM, 256K Cache,
- with a SIS
- >chipset on a VLB board running Windows 95 (build 950a). I also use a
- Hercules Graphite
- >VLB card with 1 MB RAM. I am unable to run Executor from MS-DOS alone, it
- will only
- >run under Windows 95. In my CONFIG.SYS file I am loading HIMEM.SYS,
- EMM386.EXE NOEMS,
- >FIles=30. When I start Executor, it buzzes my A drive, and then nothing
- happens. No
- >drive activity. I cannot restart my PC without a push on the Reset Button.
- Has anyone
- >had this same type of problem? Any suggestions? I would rather run it from
- MS-DOS
- >instead of under Windows 95, as I believe it may be more stable - but of
- course, I
- >don't know yet as it's has yet to run under MS-DOS standalone.
- >
- >
- Let the system set. I have a machine with basically the same config as
- yours (except the display card) and had delays up to 5 minutes from the look
- at the A: drive until the system started running.
-
- try:
-
- -dosdrives "" -macdrives ""
-
- on your startup command line for executor.
-
- John
-
-
-