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5. MAKING YOUR HARDWARE COMPATIBLE WITH MS-DOS 5.0
5.1 Acer 1100/33 and CTRL+ALT+DEL
If you have an Acer 1100/33 computer with an Award BIOS,
you may not be able to restart your system by using
CTRL+ALT+DEL. Contact Acer for a ROM BIOS upgrade.
5.2 Amstrad Systems and KEYB.COM
If your Amstrad system has a ROM BIOS version earlier than
1.4, and you can't use your keyboard after loading KEYB.COM,
contact your vendor for a ROM BIOS upgrade.
5.3 Apricot Qi 386 Systems
If your Apricot Qi 300 fails to start while loading
EMM386.EXE, contact Apricot for a ROM BIOS upgrade.
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.
5.4 AT&T Computer with an VDC 750 Display Adapter Card
Before using the MS-DOS Shell Task Swapper on an AT&T
computer with a VDC 750 display adapter card, remove the
DEVICE=EGA.SYS command from your CONFIG.SYS file.
5.5 Compaq EXTDISK.SYS Driver
Compaq EXTDISK.SYS driver version 3.00 or later is
compatible with MS-DOS 5.0. Contact your vendor for an
upgrade.
5.6 Corel Corporation Disk Drivers
If your Corel Corporation disk driver doesn't work correctly,
contact your vendor for an upgrade.
5.7 External Floppy Disk Drives
If you can't use your Nth, Procomm, or Sysgen external
floppy disk drive, contact your vendor for an update.
5.8 Hardcard
- Hardcard II
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.
- Hardcard 40 or Passport
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 upgrading to MS-DOS 5.0:
- Disable or remove the DEVICE command for PLUSDRV.SYS
command line in your CONFIG.SYS file.
- Run MS-DOS 5.0 Setup.
- Reenable or return the DEVICE command for PLUSDRV.SYS
in your CONFIG.SYS file. Make it the last line in the
file.
5.9 IBM PS/1, installing MS-DOS 5.0
If your IBM PS/1 stops running after MS-DOS version 5.0 is
installed, do the following:
- Press and hold down both mouse buttons.
- Start your PS/1.
The computer displays the System menu. - From the System menu, choose the Your Software icon.
A group of folders appears. - Choose the DOS folder.
A list of the files in your DOS folder appears. - Double-click the CUSTOMIZ file.
The How System Starts screen appears. - Use the DOWN ARROW key to select the Try Diskette First,
Then Try Fixed Disk option.
- Press the SPACEBAR to choose the option.
- Use the DOWN ARROW key to select the Read CONFIG.SYS
option.
- Use the RIGHT ARROW key to select the From Disk option.
- Press the SPACEBAR to choose the option.
- Use the DOWN ARROW key to select the Read AUTOEXEC.BAT
option.
- Use the RIGHT ARROW key to select the From Disk option.
- Press the SPACEBAR to choose the option.
- Press enter to save the system startup changes.
- Restart your computer by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
5.10 NCR VGA BIOS
If you have an NCR VGA BIOS and can't switch between screens
when running MS-DOS Shell or QBasic, see your NCR manual for
information about making your VGA BIOS PS/2 compatible.
5.11 Olivetti System with a CGA Video Board
An Olivetti system with a CGA video board may not scroll
correctly. Add the /s switch to the DEVICE=ANSI.SYS command
in your CONFIG.SYS file.
5.12 Toshiba T3100SX
Toshiba T3100SX computer's suspend/resume feature is
incompatible with EMM386.EXE. Either disable the feature or
do not use EMM386.EXE.
5.13 Western Digital VGA Card
If you have a Western Digital VGA card and are using
RAMBIOS.EXE and RAMBIOS.SYS, load RAMBIOS.SYS before
ANSI.SYS and DISPLAY.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS file, and
RAMBIOS.EXE before GRAPHICS.COM in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
5.14 ATI WonderCard 3.x
Using MS-DOS 5.0 with an ATI WonderCard may cause the lower
part of your display to be truncated. To solve this problem,
type the following command before running Setup:
Or obtain an updated ROM BIOS for the card.
5.15 XGA and EMM386.EXE
If you use an XGA display with EMM386.EXE, you may need to
exclude certain memory ranges with the EMM386 EXCLUDE option
(x=). To determine which memory ranges to exclude, use the
reference disk that came with your computer to view the
memory map.
5.16 Zenith Computer
To use the GRAPHICS command with a Zenith computer, set the
STACKS command in your CONFIG.SYS file to at least
STACKS=9,256. For information about the STACKS command, see
Chapter 14 of the MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference.
5.17 Zeos 486 and Task Swapper
If you have a Zeos 486 computer with a Mylex BIOS, you may
not be able to use Task Swapper in MS-DOS Shell. Contact
Zeos for a ROM BIOS upgrade.