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- Dos 6 Bug report part 1
- Bogie #1 @3081
- Thu May 20 15:40:06 1993
- 0R: net33: @1021 (via @1) [20:42 05/18/93]
- 0R: net33: @1 (via @4) [07:35 05/18/93]
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95997
- TITLE :DELTREE: No Error Message If Directory Does Not Exist
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- When the DELTREE.EXE command is executed on a directory that does not
- exist, no error message is displayed and you are returned to the
- MS-DOS prompt. This behavior can be misleading if you mistype a
- directory name--since no error message is displayed, you may think
- that the directory you were trying to delete was successfully deleted.
-
- More Information:
-
- If the directory you want to delete is specified correctly with the
- DELTREE.EXE command, you will receive the following message:
-
- Delete directory <DirectoryName> and all of its subdirectories?
- [yn]
-
- where <DirectoryName> is the name of the directory you want to delete.
- You are required to answer "y" to delete the entire subdirectory or
- "n" to cancel the operation.
-
- For more information on the DELTREE command, type "HELP DELTREE"
- (without the quotation marks) at the command prompt.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94568
- TITLE :MWAV.EXE Cannot Clean FORMS Virus But MSAV.EXE Can
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows detects the FORMS virus, the following
- generic message is displayed:
-
- The virus infecting this disk has not been analyzed by Central Point
- Software. As a result, the virus cannot be removed. See your "MS-DOS 6
- User's Guide" for information about updating Microsoft Anti-Virus so you
- can detect and remove the latest viruses.
-
- Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows cannot clean the FORMS virus but the
- MS-DOS-based version of Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV.EXE) can.
-
- More Information:
-
- If you do not have the MS-DOS-based version of Microsoft Anti-Virus
- installed, run SETUP /E to install the optional utilities. For more
- information on SETUP /E, see page 4 of the "MS-DOS 6 User's Guide."
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 form forms
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94569
- TITLE :Compression Software Doesn't Load After Running MemMaker
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you run MemMaker with a third-party disk compression program, such as
- Stacker or SuperStor, MemMaker cannot undo the changes in the CONFIG.SYS
- and AUTOEXEC.BAT files after a failed boot attempt.
-
- More Information:
-
- If a reboot attempt fails, MemMaker provides a Cancel button to undo
- changes. MemMaker attempts to undo all changes to your CONFIG.SYS and
- AUTOEXEC.BAT files on the host drive but cannot because the compressed
- drive in no longer mounted.
-
- Although MemMaker correctly detects compression on the system and verifies
- that the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files match, the problem still occurs
- because CHKSTATE.SYS is loaded before the disk-compression software.
- MemMaker is able to restore the files on the host drive, but not on the
- compressed volume (which is swapped with the host AFTER the disk-
- compression software is loaded).
-
- To restore your computer to its previous state, copy and rename the
- AUTOEXEC.UMB and CONFIG.UMB files from the host drive to the compressed
- volume after you choose the MemMaker Cancel option. For example, if drive D
- is the uncompressed host drive and drive C is the compressed volume, use
- the following commands:
-
- copy d:\autoexec.umb c:\autoexec.bat
- copy d:\config.umb c:\config.sys
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94639
- TITLE :Troubleshooting MS Backup and MS Backup for Windows
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- - Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, and 3.1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you encounter problems running Microsoft Backup for MS-DOS or Microsoft
- Backup for Windows, use the steps in the following section to correct the
- problems.
-
- Common problems caused by incorrect system configuration include:
-
- - Microsoft Backup appears to stop responding (hang) when run from the
- MS-DOS Prompt under Windows.
-
- - Microsoft Backup reports problems accessing the second floppy disk
- drive during the compatibility test when run from MS-DOS Prompt under
- Windows. Microsoft Backup either displays the following error message or
- continues to ask for the first disk after you have inserted the second
- one.
-
- Diskette not properly seated.
-
- - Microsoft Backup for Windows causes Windows to close, leaving the
- command prompt displayed on the screen.
-
- - Windows reports that the DMA buffer size needs to be increased to 64.
-
- Troubleshooting Microsoft Backup for Windows and Microsoft Backup
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1. Microsoft does not recommend or support running the MS-DOS-based
- version of Microsoft Backup (MSBACKUP.EXE) with Windows. If you choose
- to do this, you should create a program information file (PIF) for
- Microsoft Backup with the following settings:
-
- Display Usage: Full Screen
- Execution: Exclusive
-
- 2. Your CONFIG.SYS file should include the following settings (the values
- shown are minimums):
-
- FILES=30
- BUFFERS=30
- STACKS=9,256
-
- 3. The DMABufferSize= line should be set to at least 32 in the [386Enh]
- section of the SYSTEM.INI file.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 3.00 3.00a 3.10 win31 win3 win30 ms-dos
- backup
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94666
- TITLE :Difficult to Use F5 & F8 Keys on Data General Computers
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Data General machines may have difficulty accepting input from the F5 and
- F8 keys, which are used to bypass or step through the CONFIG.SYS and
- AUTOEXEC.BAT files. You must press the F5 or F8 key immediately after
- hearing the first beep from your computer BIOS at system startup. You may
- have to press the F5 or F8 key many times.
-
- On most computers, you have a few seconds to press the F5 or F8 key after
- you see the "Staring MS-DOS..." prompt and hear the beep.
-
- For more information, contact Data General.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 function key keys
-
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94722
- TITLE :Running MemMaker to Optimize a Startup Floppy Disk
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- When you run MemMaker to optimize a startup (boot) floppy disk, it
- incorrectly prompts you to "Remove all floppy disks from your floppy-disk
- drives and then press Enter." Although MemMaker specifically supports the
- optimization of a startup floppy disk, it displays a generic prompt that
- assumes you are optimizing drive C.
-
- To work around this problem, ignore the message to remove all floppy disks,
- and press ENTER to restart your computer.
-
- More Information:
-
- To optimize a startup floppy disk, you must run MemMaker from drive A. If
- you do not, MemMaker optimizes the startup files on your hard disk drive.
-
- To start MemMaker from drive A:
-
- 1. Change to drive A.
-
- 2. Start MemMaker. (To do this, type "memmaker" (without the quotation
- marks and then press ENTER).
-
- Note: When you run MemMaker to optimize a startup floppy disk, you must
- have the following five files on the floppy disk in drive A.
-
- CHKSTATE.SYS
- EMM386.EXE
- HIMEM.SYS
- MEMMAKER.EXE
- SIZER.EXE
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94772
- TITLE :MemMaker Err Msg with Perscope: UMB's Overran List Buffer
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- MemMaker detects the protected memory used by the Periscope board, but it
- does not exclude the range correctly resulting in the following error
- message:
-
- UMB's overran list buffer
-
- To work around this problem, add the x= switch to the device= line for
- EMM386 to exclude the C800-CFFF range. For example:
-
- device=c:\dos\emm386.exe x=c800-cfff
-
- More Information:
-
- MemMaker detects the first 24 kilobytes (K) of memory used by the Periscope
- board but does not detect the last 8K. Therefore, when MemMaker adds the x=
- parameter, it does not exclude a large enough range.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94775
- TITLE :Disks Created by MS-DOS 6 Upgrade Using SETUP /F
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- With MS-DOS 6 Upgrade, you can create a single startup floppy disk for
- drive A using the /F parameter. The contents of this disk vary based on
- disk capacity.
-
- Note: MS-DOS 6 Upgrade does NOT have the ability to install the complete
- operating system (with all programs) to floppy disks.
-
- More Information:
-
- Floppy Disk Contents for SETUP /F:
-
- File
- Filename Attributes Disk Size
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- 360K 720K 1.2MB 1.44MB
- (5.25") (3.5") (5.25") (3.5")
-
- IO.SYS SHR X X X X
- MSDOS.SYS SHR X X X X
- COMMAND.COM R X X X X
- DBLSPACE.BIN SHR X X X X
- ATTRIB.EXE A X X X X
- DEBUG.EXE A X X X X
- EXPAND.EXE A X X X X
- FDISK.EXE A X X X X
- FORMAT.COM A X X X X
- RESTORE.EXE A X X X X
- SYS.COM A X X X X
- CHKDSK.EXE A X X X X
- EDIT.COM A X X X
- QBASIC.EXE A X X X
- XCOPY.EXE A X X
- MSD.EXE A X X
- MSAV.EXE A X X X
- DBLSPACE.EXE A X X
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 floppy diskette
-
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94815
- TITLE :MSD Err Msg: Error Writing Bad File Number
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you attempt to print a Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD) report to an inactive
- port, you receive the following error message:
-
- Error Writing Bad File Number
-
- To correct this problem, print to an active port.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 win31 win wfw wfwg
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94329
- TITLE :MS-DOS 6 OEM Setup Doesn't Boot on Tandy 1000TX 286
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Some Tandy 1000TX 286 computers have a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive that
- can be configured as a 360K drive. If the drive has been reconfigured,
- the MS-DOS 6 OEM 720K Disk 1 will not start (boot) the computer.
-
- Workaround
- ----------
-
- To work around this problem:
-
- 1. Modify or create the CONFIG.SYS file on Disk 1, and add the
- following line:
-
- DRIVPARM=/d:0 /f:2
-
- 2. Boot the system using this disk.
-
- Setup should now run normally.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94985
- TITLE :MemMaker Fails to Undo Changes to CONFIG.SYS File
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If your AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, or Windows SYSTEM.INI file is marked as
- read-only, MemMaker displays the following error message:
-
- MemMaker cannot continue because it cannot gain access to the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, or Windows SYSTEM.INI file. Make sure the
- read-only attribute for those files is not set.
-
- To undo MemMaker's changes, press ENTER.
-
- If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or SYSTEM.INI file is marked read-only but the
- CONFIG.SYS file is not, MemMaker does not undo the changes it made to the
- CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- To work around this problem, remove the read-only attribute on the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or SYSTEM.INI file and restart MemMaker. To remove the
- read-only attribute on the AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or SYSTEM.INI files, use the
- ATTRIB command as follows:
-
- attrib c:\autoexec.bat -r
-
- -and/or-
-
- attrib c:\windows\system.ini -r
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95955
- TITLE :Configuring MSCDEX for Multiple CD-ROM Drives
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions (MSCDEX) can control multiple CD-ROM
- drives. To configure your system to do this, you must make some
- adjustments to the parameters on your CD-ROM driver in the CONFIG.SYS
- file and to the MSCDEX command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
- More Information:
-
- MSCDEX uses the /D:MSCDxxx parameter to differentiate between the
- drives. For example, the following commands assign the Creative Labs
- CD-ROM driver (SBPCD.SYS) to drive m and the external CD-ROM
- (TSLCDR.SYS) to drive n:
-
- CONFIG.SYS File
- ---------------
-
- device=c:\sbpro\sbpcd.sys /d:mscd001 /p:220
- device=c:\scsi\tslcdr.sys /d:mscd000
-
- AUTOEXEC.BAT File
- -----------------
-
- mscdex /d:mscd001 /l:m /d:mscd000 /l:n
-
-
- Note: Because MS-DOS treats CD-ROM drives like network drives, you can
- assign them to any available drive letter.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94867
- TITLE :Err Msg after Running MemMaker: Double-Buffering Driver...
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you have a device= statement for SMARTDRV.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS file,
- but you are not using the /DOUBLE_BUFFER switch, MemMaker may change the
- device= statement to devicehigh=. If so, you receive the following error
- message:
-
- Double-buffering driver cannot be loaded into a UMB.
- Do not use the devicehigh command or other load-high
- utilities to load Smartdrv.exe
-
- To correct this problem, in the CONFIG.SYS file, change the devicehigh=
- statement for SMARTDRV.EXE to device= and add the /DOUBLE_BUFFER switch,
- then run MemMaker again.
-
- More Information:
-
- MemMaker recognizes and ignores the device= statement for SMARTDRV.EXE only
- if you are using the /DOUBLE_BUFFER switch.
-
- A device= statement in the CONFIG.SYS file does not load the SMARTDrive
- cache; it loads only the double-buffering device driver embedded in the
- SMARTDRV.EXE file. This device driver cannot be loaded into upper memory.
-
- For more information on SMARTDrive and double buffering, query on the
- following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
-
- smartdrive and double and buffer and bus and mastering
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 line
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94891
- TITLE :Why MemMaker Doesn't Work with Multi-Config Files
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- This article explains why MemMaker doesn't work with MS-DOS Multi-Config
- files.
-
- Important: You can use MemMaker with multiple configurations, but doing so
- requires creating separate configuration files to run MemMaker. For more
- information, see the "Using MemMaker with Multiple Configurations" section
- in Chapter 6 of the "MS-DOS User's Guide."
-
- More Information:
-
- MemMaker removes all references to memory managers, the FILES= statement,
- the BUFFERS= statement, and the DOS= statement. It then adds the following
- statements at the top of the CONFIG.SYS file:
-
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE <settings>
- buffers=<setting>
- files=<setting>
- dos=umb
- lastdrive=<setting>
- FCBS=<setting>
- [Everything else remains in the same order]
-
- Note: The <setting> and <settings> are determined by MemMaker for your
- specific installation and configuration.
-
- Because of this design, MemMaker cannot work with configuration files that
- contain Multi-Config sections that reference multiple memory managers or
- have different memory configurations.
-
- MemMaker also uses a program called SIZER.EXE to determine memory
- requirements for device drivers and terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR)
- programs. MemMaker analyzes the contents of the entire CONFIG.SYS and
- AUTOEXEC.BAT files (regardless of Multi-Config headings) to calculate the
- optimum memory configuration for your system. Because the files are viewed
- as a single unit, each individual configuration will not be optimized after
- you run MemMaker.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 MULTICONFIG
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94940
- TITLE :Interlnk Cannot Access CD-ROM Drives
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Interlnk cannot access CD-ROM drives. Interlnk accesses drives using a
- block device driver. This means that Interlnk can recognize standard drives
- but not network drives. Because CD- ROM drives use a network interface,
- Interlnk cannot be used to access them.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95998
- TITLE :SmartMon Incorrectly Reports Cache Status with DBLSPACE
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- The SMARTDrive Monitor (SMARTMON.EXE) provides an interface to the
- performance of SMARTDrive 4.0, the disk cache included with MS-DOS 6.
-
- If you attempt to turn on caching for a DBLSPACE drive by typing the
- SMARTDRV.EXE command at the command prompt, you receive an error
- message indicating that you must specify the host drive rather than
- the compressed drive.
-
- However, if you are using the SMARTDrive Monitor and you select the
- compressed drive and then select the Cache Reads And Writes button,
- this action is ignored and you do not receive an error message. When
- SmartMon is reloaded, it defaults back to no read or write cache on
- the DBLSPACE drive.
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SmartMon version 3.1.
- We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
- the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95182
- TITLE :DXMC0MOD.SYS Err Msg: Invalid Shared RAM Address
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Due to a difference in line parsing between the DEVICE and DEVICEHIGH
- commands you may receive one of the following error messages when the
- IBM network device driver, DXMC0MOD.SYS, loads:
-
- Invalid shared RAM address
-
- -or-
-
- Invalid early token ring release
-
- After these error messages are displayed, the DXMC0MOD.SYS device
- driver does not load and the network fails to start. This occurs most
- often after MemMaker has been used, and DEVICE commands have been
- changed to DEVICEHIGH.
-
- To enable your network to start and avoid these error messages, make
- sure enough commas are used in the DXMC0MOD.SYS statement to act as
- delimiters for the three optional parameters required by DXMC0MOD.SYS.
- For example, each of the following lines cause error messages to be
- displayed:
-
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\LSP\DXMC0MOD.SYS 400000000001
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\LSP\DXMC0MOD.SYS 400000000001,D800
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\LSP\DXMC0MOD.SYS ,D800
-
- To avoid these errors, change each line to the following:
-
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\LSP\DXMC0MOD.SYS 400000000001,,
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\LSP\DXMC0MOD.SYS 400000000001,D800,
- DEVICEHIGH=C:\LSP\DXMC0MOD.SYS ,D800,
-
- More Information:
-
- This problem is caused by the manner in which DEVICEHIGH parses
- command lines. The DXMC0MOD.SYS device driver does not correctly
- interpret the DEVICEHIGH parameter information.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95203
- TITLE :Err Msg: SmartMon Unable to Save the New Cache Settings
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- - Microsoft Windows Resource Kit version 3.1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you used SMARTDrive Monitor (SmartMon) to change SMARTDrive's
- cache settings, you may receive the following error message after
- exiting SmartMon:
-
- SmartMon is unable to save the new cache settings in the specified
- batch file.
-
- This error message is displayed when SmartMon is unable to find the
- SMARTDrive command line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This may be due to
- the fact that SmartMon does not recognize the LH command and /L switch
- when they are used together. For example, SmartMon cannot modify the
- following line:
-
- lh c:\dos\smartdrv.exe /l
-
- To work around this problem, change the cache settings by manually
- editing the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SmartMon version 3.1.
- We are researching this problem and will post new information here as
- it becomes available.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 smartdrive smartdrv monitor
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95204
- TITLE :MS-DOS 6.0: ANSI.SYS Turns Off Menu Colors
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you are loading the ANSI.SYS driver, MS-DOS 6.0 multiple
- configuration colors set with the menucolor= setting are reset to the
- default colors.
-
- More Information:
-
- The menucolor= setting in the CONFIG.SYS file allows you to define
- your menu colors. When ANSI.SYS is loaded through one of the menu
- blocks, the screen colors are reset. This occurs because ANSI.SYS is a
- block device for the console (CON). ANSI.SYS takes over all output to
- the console and manipulates the data in an ANSI (American National
- Standards Institute) format.
-
- ANSI.SYS turns off the menu colors because it does not detect the
- previous state of the CON device.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 multiconfig multi-config
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95288
- TITLE :InterLnk Causes Extra Drive Letters in File Manager
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- - Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0, 3.0a, and 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If Interlnk is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file, Microsoft Windows File
- Manager indicates the presence of the Interlnk drives with removable
- media icons (sometimes called "floppy icons"). If Interlnk is loaded
- but you don't have an active connection to another computer, you will
- receive the following error message when you try to access one of the
- Interlnk drives:
-
- Error Selecting Drive
- There is no disk in drive x.
- Insert a disk, and then try again.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q95348
- TITLE :Converting Stacker Compressed Removable Disks
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- To convert a Stacker-compressed floppy disk, you must have
- approximately 900K of free disk space on the removable disk. To
- convert a Stacker-compressed removable media disk (such as Bernoulli
- disks and removable optical disks) you must have approximately 1
- megabyte (MB) of free disk space on the removable disk. The free disk
- space can be either at the end of the Stacker volume file (SVF) or on
- the uncompressed portion of the disk.
-
- If you do not have enough free disk space to compress a removable disk
- and you cannot remove any files to create more free disk space (or the
- disk capacity is less than 900K [360K or 720K]), use the procedure
- below (which was taken from the README.TXT file).
-
- More Information:
-
- DoubleSpace requires 900K free disk space so it can create a 512K
- DoubleSpace compressed volume file (CVF). DoubleSpace also requires
- 400K-500K free disk space so it can internally unfragment a highly
- fragmented SVF.
-
- If DoubleSpace cannot convert a Stacker-compressed volume file due to
- disk space limitations, do the following:
-
- 1. Insert the floppy disk in drive A or B.
-
- 2. Move the STACVOL.DSK file to the host drive on your hard disk. If
- you don't know which drive is your host drive, start DoubleSpace by
- typing DBLSPACE at the command prompt and choosing the Info command
- from the Drive menu. Exit DoubleSpace.
-
- When you move the file, change its extension to .001. For example
- if the floppy disk is in drive A, and your host drive is drive D,
- type the following at the command prompt:
-
- move a:\stacvol.dsk d:\stacvol.001
-
- If you have insufficient disk space, start DoubleSpace by typing
- DBLSPSACE at the command prompt, and choose Change Size from the
- Drive menu. Make the size of the uncompressed drive large enough to
- contain the Stacker-compressed volume file.
-
- 3. If are using Stacker version 2.0, delete the STACKER.DRV file on
- the floppy disk. If you are using Stacker version 3.0, delete the
- STACKER.EXE and README.STC files.
-
- 4. Covert the compressed volume file to DoubleSpace format, as in the
- following example:
-
- dblspace /convstac=d:\stacvol.001
-
- After DoubleSpace converts the file it will mount it.
-
- 5. Make sure your floppy disk is in drive A or B and then compress it
- by choosing the Existing Drive command from the Compress menu in
- DoubleSpace. Follow the instructions on your screen.
-
- DoubleSpace mounts the floppy drive after it finishes
- compressing the floppy disk.
-
- 6. Exit DoubleSpace.
-
- 7. Use the XCOPY command to copy all the files on the new compressed
- drive on your hard disk to the compressed floppy disk. For example,
- if the compressed drive is J, and the floppy disk is in drive A,
- type the following at the command prompt:
-
- xcopy j:\*.* a: /s
-
- 8. Delete the compressed drive on your hard disk. For example, if your
- compressed drive is J, type the following at the command prompt:
-
- dblspace /delete j:
-
- To confirm the deletion, type "Y" (without the quotation marks).
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 svf cvf syquest floppy disk drive
- removable media
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94330
- TITLE :DoubleSpace Setup Runs in Mono on Some Older 8514 Cards
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- The Microsoft DoubleSpace setup and configuration program
- (DBLSPACE.EXE) runs in monochrome on the following 8514 video cards:
-
- - Original IBM 8514 video cards. This behavior does not occur on
- newer 8514 cards, or on ATI Ultra cards in 8514 mode.
-
- - Paradise 8514/A cards.
-
- This problem occurs due to a limitation of the cards, not DoubleSpace.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0 mono monochrome mono-chrome black and
- white b&w amber dblspace