Subj : Error Code 64
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Mike Luther
Date : Mon Aug 02 2004 11:10 am

Joe ..

IJ> I have been trying to make the change from DOS to
IJ> OS2 and I'm getting
IJ> an odd error with FE right now.  When I fo to run
IJ> fesetup or fesetup2
IJ> it doesn't load and exits with an error 64...
IJ> it'll toss & scan mail as stuff comes in... I just can't access
IJ> feutil and make any changes.
IJ> is there a quick fix for this or is it a fresh install??

One of the critical things which you need to watch in using any DOS application
in OS/2 is the whole cadre of DOS specific stuff that can be adjusted for each
and every DOS application that you run under an OS/2 DOS-VDM.  OS/2 has a
default cadre of these decisions and parameters which it uses that is combined
with AUTOEXEC.BAT for DOS-VDM applications.  When you run a DOS-VDM as a
Desktop or a command line application, whatever,you'll get this default
parameter group and will run the AUTOEXEC.BAT which is the default one supplied
with OS/2.

But wait!  There's more!  (Lots more!)

You can and often must customize the way OS/2 presents the DOS operating system
differently for lots of programs!  And more interesting, when you set up a
DOS-VDM for FE or IM or OPUS or BINK or whatever, you'll typically be involved
with at variation of not only a specific .BAT file that application lives in,
but it also runs AUTOEXEC.BAT at the start, just like you would if you fired up
a complete box for DOS.  Aha!  You'll find these parameters in the Program
Properties folder for any given DOS-VDM and you get to them via the Session's
tab in that folder where you click on DOS Properties and then on, in the first
look at this, ALL DOS settings.

If you ain't been here before, welcome to the really wonderful world of DOS
under IBM's OS/2.  As you first toggle through them all, if you have never been
here before, you'll be astounded.  For one thing, you normally create a
completely unique AUTOEXEC.BAT file for this application and give it a unique
name.  Say FEXEC.BAT, whatever.  Then, starting with a copy of the OS/2
standard AUTOEXEC.BAT, you create all the needed paths, environment,and
whatever for this application.  Then you go into the Dos Settings tab and you
specify that you want FEXEC.BAT instead of AUTOEXEC.BAT.  But wait,there's
more!   Here are the DOS Settings I'm using, but be aware, I'm also using Ray
Gwinns wonderful COMM drivers!  If you are using IBM's COMM drivers your
display will be different for the COMM drivers and you will have to adjust them
to the same profile as I have for Ray's stuff:

 AUDIO_ADAPTER_SHARING          :  None
 DOS-AUTOEXEC                   :  MAILEXEC.BAT
 DOS-BACKGROUND_EXECUTION       :  ON
 DOS_BREAK                      :  OFF
 DOS_DEVICE:                    :  C:\OS2\MDOS\ANSI>SYS
                                   C:\SIO2K\vx00.sys  (Ray's drivers)
                                   C:\SIO\x00.sys e b,1,38400
 DOS_FCBS                       :  32
 DOS_FCBS_KEEP                  :  16
 DOS_FILES                      :  50
 DOS_HIGH                       :  ON
 DOS_LASTDRIVE                  :  Z
 DOS_RMSIZE                     :  640
 DOS_SHELL                      :  (Leave at default)
 DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE              :  (Blank)
 DOS_UMB                        :  ON
 DOS_VERSION                    :  (Leave at default)
 DPMI_DOS_API                   :  ENABLED
 DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT              :  16
 DMPI_NETWORK_BUFF_SIZE         :  8
 EMS_FRAME_LOCATION             :  AUTO
 EMS_HIGH_OS_MAP_REGION         :  0
 EMS_LOW_OS_MAP_REGION          :  384
 EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT               :  8192
 HW_NOSOUND                     :  ON
 HW_ROM_TO_RAM                  :  ON
 HW_TIMER                       :  OFF
 IDLE_SECONDS                   :  60
 IDLE-SENSITIVITY               :  99
 INT_DURING_IO                  :  OFF
 KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS             :  OFF
 KBD_BUFFER_EXTEND              :  ON
 KBD_CTRL_BYPASS                :  NONE
 KBD_RATE_LOCK                  :  OFF
 MEM_EXCLUDE_REGIONS            :  (Blank)
 MEM_INCLUDE_REGIONS            :  (Blank)
 MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS         :  OFF
 PRINT_SEPARATE_OUTPUT          :  ON
 PRINT_TIMEOUT                  :  15
 SESSION_PRIORITY               :  1
 VIDEO_8514_XGA_IOTRAP          :  ON
 VIDEO_FASTPASTE                :  ON
 VIDEO_MODE_RESTRICTION         :  NONE
 VIDEO_ONDEMAND_MEMORY          :  ON
 VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION        :  OFF
 VIDEO_ROM_EMULATION            :  ON
 VIDEO_SWITCH_NOTIFICATION      :  OFF
 VIDEO_WINDOW_REFRESH           :  1
 VSIO2K_CtlsFlowControl         :  ON
 VSIO2K_ReceiveXonisFlowControl :  OFF
 VSIO2K RTSisFlowControl        :  ON
 VSIO2K SentXonisFlowControl    :  OFF
 XMS_HANDLES                    :  32
 XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT               :  2048
 XMS_MINIMUM_HMA                :  0

Then, with a TEXT editor that does *NOT* add an EOF mark at the end of your
CONFIG.SYS file for this OS/2 box, go in and make sure the following lines are
either there or are added just before your line BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS:

 REM ** Determines if foreground apps have priority access to disks.
 REM ** YES is default.  If applications need equal access, change NO.
 REM ** Comm apps need this to NO.
 REM PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
 PRIORITY_DISK_IO=NO

 REM ** Lets computer continue boot on non-fatal boot run errors
 PAUSEONERROR=NO

 REM ** forces computer to deliver system error to the application direct.
 SET AUTOFAIL=YES

 REM ** Set to allow kill from the WPS hold CTRL key when touch WPS.
 SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=1

 REM ** Many complex DOS programs need more than 20 **
 FILES=50
 SET SHELLHANDLESINC=30

And in the area in CONFIG.SYS around your MDOS\COMMAND.COM line do this:

 REM ** Identifies and loads DOS command processor COMMAND.COM
 REM **  /p switch keeps the command processor in memory until shutdown.
 REM  SHELL=C:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\OS2\MDOS **** ORG
 SHELL=C:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\OS2\MDOS /e:2048 /p

 REM ** Tells DOS how many FCBS to be open at once and minimum left open.
 REM FCBS=16,8
 FCBS=32,16

 REM ** Sets the amount of memory available for DOSs use, maximum 640K.
 RMSIZE=640

Your replacement for AUTOEXEC.BAT must have the correct path for all the FE
application directory in it.  I've been running 1.46 in DOS-VDM's for years
this way just fine,


--> Sleep well; OS/2's still awake! ;)

Mike @ 1:117/3001

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