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- From: visbrown@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (BILL)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs.allsysop,comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Re: Problems with PCBoard, Frontdoor, Doors, and X00?
- Summary: alt.bbs.crash.crash.crash ;)
- Keywords: PCBoard, Frontdoor, X00, crash, BBS
- Message-ID: <Bzspu2.FvC@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 03:33:00 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.152109.3427@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- In article <1992Dec24.152109.3427@nwnexus.WA.COM>, faf@halcyon.com (Mike from the FAF) writes...
- >First, let me describe the system.
- >
- >The problem is, the system periodically crashes with the error:
- >
- >Invalid COMMAND.COM
- >
- >Cannot load COMMAND, system halted
- >
- >It does this when exiting doors (especially QuickBASIC doors, but not
- >exclusively) and when exiting regular programs.
- >
- >I tried installing a new copy of COMMAND.COM but that didn't seem to help.
- >
- >Does anyone have a clue what's going on? This crashing is becoming VERY
- >annoying.
- >--
- >faf@faf.org -- Free Access Foundation
- >Anonymous FTP to halcyon.com and look in /pub/faf for more information.
-
-
- Sounds like it may be finding a copy of COMMAND.COM in a subdirectory that
- doesnt match the version of DOS your running. Us a file loacator (Norton's
- File Locate or equivalent) to see if you have any.
-
- Bill
- (This isnt a sig, I'm typing this by hand!)
-