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From: dick@venera.isi.edu (Richard Gillmann)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: System Error...HELP!
Keywords: slow boot, writing to AUX
Message-ID: <8086@venera.isi.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 89 18:35:46 GMT
References: <5809@mergvax>
Reply-To: dick@venera.isi.edu.UUCP (Richard Gillmann)
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Organization: Inner Loop Software, Los Angeles
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In article <5809@mergvax> rkpc@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) writes:
>I recently reinstalled a "slow boot" version of Windows 2.1 and SDK 2.0.
>Now when I try to run some programs I get the system error, "Cannot write to
>device AUX".

Have you installed the OX.SYS device driver?  I believe this handles
problems of this sort.