Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!drivax!frotz From: frotz@dri.com (Frotz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Problems with DR DOS 5.0 Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 91 22:10:31 GMT References: <1991Feb8.053153.10789@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Sender: frotz@dri.com Reply-To: frotz@dri.com Organization: Digital Research, Monterey CA/USA or none (see also My_Desk) Lines: 48 umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) writes: ]His favorite DOS shell, Wonder +, won't work at all. ]when the program is run, it loads up, the copywrite is displayed, then it ]starts printing "command or filename not recognized" over and over and must ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ]be rebooted to get out of it. Each time it prints the line, the drive light ]flashes. You might make sure that Wonder+ is able to load the shell. I remember having problems with getting DRDOS (many different versions), regular DOS (again many different versions) and several other DRI operating systems to load from the same AUTOEXEC.BAT file. My experience with DRDOS 5.0 was that the default shell was put somewhere where I wasn't expecting it, or it wasn't put somewhere where I was expecting it. Either way, the above error message should lead you to investigate this aspect of the problem (and if you have still have a problem, call Tech Support). In short, things I would look for first: 1) Make sure that COMMAND.COM (I assume that Wonder+ is looking for it) is referenced in COMSPEC. (I am assuming that it is based on something that I have seen many years ago called 1DIR). 2) Make sure that COMMAND.COM is in C:\. (Wonder+ might not know to look at COMSPEC.) 3) Try to determine what command file is not being found (re: the error message denoted above). ]I've tried it when DR DOS has been loaded hi, and when also when its loaded ]low, no difference at all. I doubt that this is a problem with where the OS is loaded. -- John "Frotz" Fa'atuai frotz@dri.com (email@domain) Digital Research, Inc. uunet!drivax!frotz (bang!email) c/o MIS Dept. (408) 647-6570 (vmail) 80 Garden Court, C13 (408) 649-3896 (phone) Monterey, CA 93940 (408) 646-6248 (fax) ========== "He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know." -- Lao Tzu Disclaimer: My response above does not in any way indicate, or imply any type of on-demand support for DRDOS.