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Re: Executor won't start from MS-DOS



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