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From: Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Dr Dos Problem
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Date: 8 Feb 91 13:50:00 GMT
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In a message to All <06 Feb 91 08:13> Krause wrote:

 Kr> on the screen saying 'loading' followed by the question 'load memory max
 Kr> software'. I typed in 'y'. I was rewarded
 Kr> by the message 'Hidos.sys - incorrect
 Kr> version of DR DOS'. Up to this point all I did was follow the
 Kr> I later found out that if I did a cold
 Kr> boot, i.e switched the machine off and
 Kr> on, hidos.sys installed without error.
 Kr> Hidos.sys will not install after a warm
 Kr> boot.

 Kr> I am not impressed with software that comes up with this sort of error. It
 Kr> looks like sofware that has not been
 Kr> checked properly. I have lost confidence
 Kr> in it. What other problems are lurking?
 Kr> Can anybody help?
 Kr> Will hidos.sys work on other '286 machines?
 Kr> Does it just not like Tandons?
 Kr> Is there an upgrade I need to get a working version of DR DOS?
 Kr> Should I stick to MS DOS?
 Kr> I have installed it on a Tandon PCA20.
 Kr> This is an AT compat. with two 20 meg
 Kr> hard disks, 2 Megs of ram and a vga adapter fitted.

I wouldn't stick with MS-Dos, as Dr-Dos should work fine.  It would 
appear that you have aome sort of Hardware flaw or BIOS error.  I 
have almost an identical setup myself, and Dr-Dos works fine every time.
Are you sure you have the high memory available or set up correctly
for your system?  Check the CMOS setup.  I've been running Dr-Dos 5 since
the 28th of December, so I doubt there is an upgrade.  It sounds like
the people you reached on the phone didn't know what they were doing 
anyways.  Make sure, with the manual, that Hidos isn't interfering with
any other TSR's, BIOS, or page frames.  Quaterdecks Manifest would
help you here.  Besides, with manifest which comes with QRAM, you'd
have something even better than hidos!

                                        Greg



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