README.TXT: Microsoft Windows & MS-DOS 5 for IBM PS/2

Many sections of the readme discuss changing your CONFIG.SYS file. For detailed information about modifying a CONFIG.SYS file, see Chapter 11 of the MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference.

The readme often refers to DEVICE commands in your CONFIG.SYS file. For example, one section recommends "adding a /machine:1 switch to the DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS command in your CONFIG.SYS file." These DEVICE= statements indicate the type of command in the CONFIG.SYS file. You need to modify these statements to reflect the configuration of your system. For more information, see the DEVICE command in Chapter 14 of the MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference.

The readme sometimes asks you to use the EXPAND command to copy files from the distribution disks to your hard disk. See Chapter 14 of the MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference for more information about using the EXPAND command.

1. NOTES ON SETUP

2.1 Priam and Everex Disk-Partitioning Software

2.2 SyQuest Removable Hard Disk

2.3 Bernoulli Drive

2.4 Disk Manager

2.5 SpeedStor and Volume Expansion

* Setup could not find in your CONFIG.SYS file a command

  for the device driver that supports your SpeedStor partition.
  If this is the case, add the command line to your CONFIG.SYS
  file, restart your computer, and run Setup. For more information
  about adding the command line to your CONFIG.SYS file, see your
  SpeedStor documentation.

  If this is the case, carry out the following procedure:
   1. Use the EXPAND command to expand and copy the SSTOR.SYS
      file to your hard disk. See the PACKING.LST file on Setup
      disk 1 for the location of the file and for instructions
      on how to expand and copy it to your hard drive.

   2. Replace the DEVICE=HARDRIVE.SYS file with a DEVICE=SSTOR.SYS
      command.

   3. Type the following:
         setup /u

If your system is an IBM PS/2 or has MicroChannel architecture, contact your software vendor for disk- partitioning software that is compatible with MS-DOS 5.0.

2.6 Novell Partitions

2.7 Vfeature Deluxe

2.8 Columbia Data Products Device Driver

   1. Remove the DEVICE=SSTBIOS.SYS and DEVICE=SSTDRIVE.SYS
      commands from your CONFIG.SYS file before running
      Setup.
   2. Restart your system.
   3. Run Setup.
   4. Reinstall the device drivers by returning the DEVICE=
      commands to your CONFIG.SYS file and restarting your
      system.

2.9 Incompatible Primary DOS Partition

2.10 WYSE Partition

2.11 286 Accelerator Card

'Incompatible hard disk or device driver' screen" in Chapter 3

2.12 Bernoulli Cache

2.13 AT&T 6300 Computer

2.14 Western Digital SCSI Hard-Disk Controller

2.15 Machine-Specific HIMEM.SYS Switches

'Missing HIMEM.SYS' message" in Chapter 4 of "Getting

2.16 Toshiba with a Hard RAM Disk

To use the hard RAM disk, do the following before installing MS-DOS 5.0:

  1. Back up your hard RAM disk.
  2. Using the Toshiba Setup program, delete the hard RAM
     disk by allocating zero kilobytes to it. All data on
     the hard RAM disk will be lost.
  3. Restart your system.
  4. Install Windows and MS-DOS.
  5. Use the Toshiba Setup program to reinstall the hard RAM
     disk.
  6. Run FDISK, change to drive 2, and create a primary DOS
     partition. Quit FDISK.
  7. Use the FORMAT command to format drive D.

2.17 Unix And Xenix Partitions

2.18 Apricot XEN-S Computer

   1. Remove the DEVICE=AEMM386.SYS command from your
      CONFIG.SYS file.
   2. Restart your system.
   3. Run Setup.
   4. Put the DEVICE=AEMM386.SYS command back in your
      CONFIG.SYS file and restart your system.

2.19 4DOS

If external DOS utilities display messages that refer to error numbers, contact JP Software for an upgrade.

2.20 LapLink If you use Traveling Software LapLink, disable the LapLink device driver before you install Windows and MS-DOS. The driver conflicts with the Setup program. Once you install Windows and MS-DOS, re-enable the LapLink driver.

2.21 Stacker

If you are using Stacker data-compression software on your computer, begin by determining which drives are compressed and which are uncompressed.

To determine which drives are compressed and which are uncompressed

* Type the following at the command prompt:

    [drive]:\stacker\swapmap

    For the [drive] parameter, type the letter of the drive
    that contains your Stacker directory.

    If drive C was drive C at boot time, carry out Procedure
    1.

    Otherwise, the drive that was C at boot time is the
    uncompressed drive. The drive that is now C is compressed.
    Carry out Procedure 2.

To set up Windows and MS-DOS

1. Type the following at the command prompt:

       a:setup
   

2. When the "A disk-compression program is in use" screen

       appears, choose Continue Setup.
   

3. Follow the instructions on your screen.

You need to determine whether there is enough disk space on your uncompressed drive to set up MS-DOS 5.0

To determine whether there is enough disk space

* Type the following at the command prompt:

    chkdsk [drive]:

    For the [drive] parameter, type letter of the uncompressed
    drive.

    Information about your hard disk appears. If the bytes
    available on disk is more than 3,000,000, carry out
    Procedure 1. Otherwise, carry out Procedure 3.

To set up Windows and MS-DOS on a computer that has Stacker installed

1. Quit Setup if you have not already done so.

2. Set up MS-DOS on floppy disks by typing the

       following at the command prompt:
   

       a:setup /f
   

       Follow the instructions on your screen.
   

       NOTE
       If you run Setup from drive B and have 1.44 MB Setup disks,
       see section 2.27 of the README.TXT file to set up MS-DOS
       on floppy disks.
   

3. Restart your computer from the hard disk by removing disks

       from all floppy disk drives, and restarting your computer by
       pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
   

4. To determine the path of COMMAND.COM file, type the following

       at the command prompt:
   

       set
   

       A list of environment variables appears on your screen.
   

       The line that begins with COMPSPEC= indicates the
       location of the COMMAND.COM file. For example, the
       following indicates that the COMMAND.COM file is
       in the DOS directory:
   

       COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM
   

5. Type the following at the command prompt:

       c:\stacker\swapmap
   

       The drive that was C at boot time is the uncompressed
       drive. The drive that is now C is the compressed drive.
   

6. Create an OLDDOS directory by typing the following at

       the command prompt:
   

       md c:\olddos
   

7. Copy your old DOS files to the OLDDOS directory. For

       example, if your files are in C:\DOS, type the
       following at the command prompt:
   

       copy c:\dos\*.* c:\olddos
   

8. Delete your original DOS files from your DOS directory. For

       example, if your original files are in the DOS directory on
       drive C, type the following at the command prompt:
   

       del c:\dos\*.*
   

9. Copy all files from the Startup/Support disk to the

       directory that contained your original DOS files.
   

       For example, if the Startup/Support disk is in drive
       A, and you want to copy the files to the DOS directory
       on drive C, type the following:
   

       copy a:*.* c:\dos
   

10. If the COMSPEC variable indicates that the

        COMMAND.COM file is in a directory other than
        the one your original DOS files were in, copy
        the COMMAND.COM file to the directory the
        COMSPEC variable specifies.
    

11. Copy the COMMAND.COM file to the DOS directory on

        the uncompressed drive. (Refer to Step 5 to determine
        which drive uncompressed.) For example, if the Startup/
        Support disk is in drive A and the DOS directory is
        on the uncompressed drive E, type the following at
        the command prompt:
    

        copy a:command.com e:\dos
    

12. Insert the Help/BASIC/Edit/Utility disk in drive A,

        and copy all the files from it to your DOS directory.
        Then insert the Supplemental disk in drive A, and copy
        all the files from it to your DOS directory on drive C.
    

13. On the uncompressed drive, update any drivers

        in your CONFIG.SYS file that load before the STACKER.COM
        file.
    

        Typically, these files are located in the DOS
        directory on the uncompressed drive. For example,
        if the DOS directory contains the SETVER.EXE,
        EMM386.EXE, and HIMEM.SYS files, copy these files
        from your floppy disks to the DOS directory on the
        uncompressed drive. To determine the location of
        the device driver files on the Startup/Support,
        Help/BASIC/Edit/Utility, and Supplemental disks,
        open the PACKING.LST file on Setup Disk 1 by using
        any text editor.
    

        If a driver you need is not located on one of
        these disks, expand and copy the driver from the
        Setup disks. To determine the location of the driver
        you need, open the PACKING.LST file on Setup
        Disk 1 by using any text editor. The PACKING.LST
        file also contains instructions on how to expand
        the compressed files on the Setup disks.
    

        Note: Do not update the SMARTDRV.EXE or SMARTDRV.SYS
        files. Setup will update these file for you.
    

14. Copy the CHKDSK.EXE file from the DOS directory on

        drive C to the DOS directory on your uncompressed
        drive.
    

15. Insert the Startup/Support disk in drive A, and

        restart your computer by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
        Then type the following at the command prompt:
    

        sys a: c:
    

16. Remove disks from all floppy disk drives, and

        restart your computer by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
        If Stacker prompts you to update the COMMAND.COM
        file, choose Yes.
    

17. To make sure you can access your hard disk, type the

        following at the command prompt:
    

        c:
        dir
    

18. Insert the Startup/Support disk in drive A, and

        type the following at the command prompt:
    

        a:
        sys a: c:
    

19. Repeat step 16.

        Note: After you have set up Windows and know your system is
        working correctly, you might want to delete the DOS files in
        your OLDDOS directory.
    

20. Before setting up Windows, read the following information.

* If you want to use a swap file with Windows, you must

   set up the swap file on the uncompressed drive. When
   setting up Stacker, you can leave at least 1 megabyte (MB)
   of disk space uncompressed for storing system files. To
   leave enough space for the swap file, it is recommended
   that you allocate as uncompressed disk space twice the
   amount of your system memory. For example, if your
   system has 4 MB of memory, you should leave at least 8 MB
   of disk space uncompressed. For more information about
   swap files, see "Working with Windows Swap Files" in Chapter 14,
   "Optimizing Windows," in the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide."

   If Stacker is already set up on your computer and there is not
   enough uncompressed disk space for a swap file, you can run
   the STAC utility provided with Stacker to increase the amount
   of uncompressed disk space. For more information, see your
   Stacker documentation.

   Stacker 2.0 or later, choose the Custom Setup option
   when you run Setup. When Setup prompts you, don't choose to let
   Setup modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Modify
   these files yourself after Setup is complete, by carrying out
   the following steps:

   * In your AUTOEXEC.BAT, add Windows to your path.

   * Copy the HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE files to your
     uncompressed drive, unless you use a different memory
     manager, such as QEMM-386.

   * Add DEVICE commands for HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE to
     your CONFIG.SYS, unless you use a different memory manager
     such as QEMM-386. The command lines that load these drivers
     should appear before the command that loads STACKER.COM.

   * Make sure a copy of SMARTDRV.EXE is on the
     uncompressed drive. In your CONFIG.SYS file, the
     SMARTDRV.EXE command line should include the
     "/double_buffer" switch and should be the path
     of the file at boot time. For example, if SMARTDRV.EXE
     is in the root directory at boot time, you would include
     the following command in your CONFIG.SYS:

     DEVICE=C:\SMARTDRV.EXE DOUBLE_BUFFER

     SMARTDRV.EXE should be loaded before STACKER.COM in the
     CONFIG.SYS file.

   * In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, the SMARTDRV.EXE command
     line should be the path of the file after disk drives
     are swapped.

   upgrade from Stacker version 1.1, choose the Express Setup
   option when you are prompted. Setup will modify your CONFIG.SYS
   and AUTOEXEC.BAT files for you. When Setup is finished making
   the modifications, it displays a message at the end
   of the Windows portion of Setup that notifies you of the
   modifications that have been made. If you have used Stacker to
   swap your startup drive, when you restart your system Stacker will
   ask whether you want to update to the new version of the
   CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Choose Yes.

   need to modify your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files
   yourself, using the CONFIG.WIN and AUTOEXEC.WIN files that
   Setup generates. For information about using these files,
   see "Modifying Your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Files Yourself,"
   following this topic.

   the command prompt to set up Windows:

   a:setup /w

Modifying Your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT Files Yourself

If Setup cannot modify your startup files, Setup writes proposed changes to the CONFIG.WIN and AUTOEXEC.WIN. (These files may also be named CONFIG.00x and AUTOEXEC.00x if CONFIG.WIN and AUTOEXEC.WIN already exist). In this case, you must either move the HIMEM.SYS, SMARTDRV.EXE, and EMM386.EXE files to a drive that is available when you start your computer, or use a text editor to modify your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that any references to HIMEM.SYS, SMARTDRV.EXE, and EMM386.EXE appear after the DEVICE command that loads the drivers for your disk drives. Refer to the CONFIG.WIN and AUTOEXEC.WIN files for the proposed changes.

NOTE Setup may also create AUTOEXEC.OLD and CONFIG.OLD files if it cannot modify your startup files. (These files may also be named AUTOEXEC.00x and CONFIG.00x if AUTOEXEC.OLD and CONFIG.OLD already exist.) If Setup creates AUTOEXEC.OLD or CONFIG.OLD files, note the reason that it does so. Then merge the CONFIG.OLD and CONFIG.WIN files with the CONFIG.SYS file, and the AUTOEXEC.OLD and AUTOEXEC.WIN files with the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

NOTE If you use another memory manager such as QEMM-386, do not copy HIMEM.SYS or EMM386.EXE to a drive that is available when you start your computer, and do not add commands for these files to your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file. These files should already include the correct command lines for your memory manager.

2.22 Dell DOS 3.30

2.23 Tandy with ROM DOS

2.25 SpeedStor BootAll option

2.26 Setup switches for corporate administrators

/G              Does not create the Uninstall Disk, does
                not ask if the user is on a network, and does
                not offer the hard disk backup option.

                and uses the default Setup options unless. Also
                runs the Windows portion of Setup according to
                FILESPEC file.
/J              Does not ask if the user is on a network and
                does not offer the hard disk backup option.
/W              Installs Windows only.
/A              Expands and copies files on Setup disks to
                a network server. To run Windows and MS-DOS
                Setup, type "dwsetup" at the command prompt.
                Note: Typing "setup" at the command prompt will
                run Windows-only Setup.

     are 1.44 MB but your drive A is 1.2 MB

1 Insert Setup disk 1 in drive B and a formatted floppy disk in

     A.

     b:setup /f /m
     Specify drive A for the Startup/Support disk.

     command prompt:
     b:setup /f
     Follow the instructions on your screen.

2.28 Your non-Windows application runs out of memory after Setup

* Lower the amount of memory that SMARTDrive uses. For more

  information, see "Using the SMARTDrive Command Line" in Chapter
  14, Optimizing Windows, in the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide."

  see Chapter 7, "Non-Windows Applications," in the "Microsoft Windows
  User's Guide.

     display or ATI Ultra card

1 Run Setup again. 2 Choose the Install MS-DOS only option. 3 Change the Video Type to 8514. 4 Complete Setup.

2.30 SuperStor with DR-DOS

1 Back up all of your data files onto floppy disks. 2 Install MS-DOS onto floppy disks by typing the following at the

     command prompt:

     a:setup /f

     If you have 1.44 MB Setup disks for drive B, see section of 2.27.

     inserting the Startup/Support disk in drive A, and typing the
     following at the command prompt:

     format c: /s

2.31 You receive the "Unable to control the A20 line"

     message

Procedure 1

1 Quit Setup if you have not already done so. 2 Run Setup again. 3 Choose the Install MS-DOS only option. 4 When you restart your computer, observe whether this message

     appears on your screen.

     If you receive this message again, you need to add a /MACHINE
     switch to the command that loads the HIMEM.SYS file in your
     CONFIG.SYS file. See the table in "You receive the 'Missing
     HIMEM.SYS' message" in Chapter 4, "Troubleshooting During System
     Startup," in "Getting Started to determine what switch to use.
     After you have added the switch to your CONFIG.SYS file, restart
     your computer by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.

Procedure 2

1 Open your CONFIG.SYS file with any text editor. 2 Add the following line to the end of the file:

     switches=/w

Procedure 3

* Expand the WINA20.386 file from the Setup disks and copy it to

     the root directory of drive C. See the PACKING.LST file on Setup
     disk 1 for the location of the WINA20.386 and for instructions
     on how to expand and copy the file.

2.32 Bootsafe

1 Open your AUTOEXEC.BAT with any text editor. 2 Type "REM" and a space in front of the line that loads

     Bootsafe. For example, the line might look something like this:

     rem c:\cpav\bootsafe

1. NOTES ON MEMORY MANAGEMENT

3.1 386MAX (5.11 or Earlier)

The new version number is reported to all programs loaded by 386LOAD.COM and MAXHI.COM.

MAXHI.COM programs supplied with versions of 386MAX earlier than 5.0 are incompatible with MS-DOS 5.0.

3.2 All Computers Inc. Expanded-Memory Driver (ALLEMM4.SYS)

3.3 Problems Loading into the Upper Memory Area

3.4 Intel Expanded-Memory Driver (EMM.SYS)

3.5 XMAEM.SYS and XMA2EMS.SYS

If your system includes an XMA card, remove the REM command that precedes the DEVICE=XMA2EMS.SYS command in your CONFIG.SYS file.

3.6 Your third-party memory manager doesn't work after Setup If you load high your third-party memory manager, such as QEMM- 386, Setup might not update the memory manager's device driver. If you load your memory manager high, carry out the following procedure:

1 Open your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file with any text editor, and

      remove the command or switch that loads the memory manager high.

3 When Setup is complete, open your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT

      file with any text editor, and insert the command or switch
      that loads your memory manager high.

1. MAKING YOUR HARDWARE COMPATIBLE WITH MS-DOS 5.0

4.1 Acer 1100/33 and CTRL+ALT+DEL

4.2 Amstrad Systems and KEYB.COM

4.3 Apricot Qi 386 Systems

Some Apricot Qi660 and Qi900 computers may not work if MS- DOS 5.0 is loaded into the high memory area. Run MS-DOS 5.0 in conventional memory, or contact Apricot Computers for more information.

4.4 AT&T Computer with an VDC 750 Display Adapter Card

4.5 Compaq EXTDISK.SYS Driver

4.6 Corel Corporation Disk Drivers

4.7 External Floppy Disk Drives

4.8 Hardcard

   If you can't use Plus Development Hardcard II or Hardcard
   II XL when running EMM386.EXE, specify the exclude (x=)
   switch to prevent EMM386 from conflicting with the card's
   BIOS address.

   See your Hardcard II manual to determine which address
   space to exclude. See the MS-DOS User's Guide and
   Reference for more information about the exclude switch.

   If you are using Hardcard 40 or a Passport removable
   disk, and you have a DEVICE command for PLUSDRV.SYS in
   your CONFIG.SYS file before installing Windows and  MS-DOS:

   1. Disable or remove the DEVICE command for PLUSDRV.SYS
      command line in your CONFIG.SYS file.
   2. Run Setup.
   3. Re-enable or return the DEVICE command for PLUSDRV.SYS
      in your CONFIG.SYS file. Make it the last line in the
      file.

4.9 IBM PS/1, installing MS-DOS 5.0

4.10 NCR VGA BIOS

4.11 Olivetti System with a CGA Video Board

4.12 Toshiba T3100SX

4.13 Western Digital VGA Card

4.14 ATI WonderCard 3.x

4.15 XGA and EMM386.EXE

4.16 Zenith Computer

4.17 Zeos 486 and Task Swapper

1. DOCUMENTATION CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS

5.1 New CV.COM for CodeView

5.2 Documentation Corrections

FORMAT Command:

     If you can't use the FORMAT command to format an
     unformatted disk, try using the /u switch.

     You cannot use the MIRROR command with a network drive
     or any drive you created by using the ASSIGN, SUBST, or
     JOIN command.

     Do not use the UNDELETE command in the following
     circumstances:
     * When other programs are active.
     * With the LOAD= command or the SHIFT+ENTER key
       combination in Windows or MS-DOS Shell.
     * With Task Swapper in MS-DOS Shell.

     The UNFORMAT /p switch is not compatible with the /j
     switch.

     Valid values for the RAMDrive DiskSize parameter are
     4 through 32767.

COMP /? Help:

     Online help for the COMP command /d switch should state
     that the default format is hexadecimal.

5.3 Hercules Display Adapter (MSHERC.COM)

5.4 QBasic "On Error" Command

   ON ERROR GOTO <LINE/LABEL>