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hlamuth@infinet.com (Henry LaMuth) wrote:

>Jim----I think its Jim: the headers on the messages and replies are
>confusing, but it seem that Jim is the poster I am replying to
><G>....Thanks for the quick response. .I will be a day or so getting
>to the suggestions you gave me. I have replaced the autoexec and
>config in the new dos configuration windows and I thought I set the
>switches. Seems as if the pif is not being seen. It exists, because I
>found it in the correct windows subdirectory, but the program doesn't
>seem to be accessing it through the shortcut. That's why I am sure I
>have missed a step somewhere.

>Henry

Hi Henry,

You may want to check that "MS DOS MODE" is check and NOT "suggest"
and also specify new config and autoexec is selected or the system
will not look at the files you just created, but instead look at yout
orginal configuration files, or if the program can run in a window or
full screen it could be trying to load the dosstart file. You call
tell when it is using the new configuration files because your system
will restart. Not just go out to a DOS session. 

Tell which driver won't load when selecting this porgram and what is
the name of the dos program you are tring to start?

If it's the CD-ROM Creative Labs has, they have written a new file
name CTLOAD on the new drivers disk that will allow you to load .SYS
drivers from the dosstart.bat file.

It would look something like this:

(THIS IS ALL ONE LINE, THE MAIL READER MAY WRAP IT===>)
C:\PROGRA~1\SBCD\DOSDRV\CTLOAD.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\SBCD\DOSDRV\SBIDE.SYS
/D:MSCD001 /P:170,15
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /D:MSCD001 /M:10 /V 
C:\SYNTOUCH\SYNTOUCH.EXE

Both these lines have to be in the DOSSTART.BAT file. You loose
conventional memory this way though. Also, Henry i only use custom
config.sys and autoexec.bat when I run into a program that gives me a
warning message that the program has to run in real DOS mode.    

James