Subj : Quick Question
To   : Joe Schweier
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Thu Jan 19 2006 12:42 pm

Hello Joe!

Thursday January 19 2006 10:01, Joe Schweier wrote to All:

JS> Hi there... I'm playing around with OS2 and ELE/2 and I have a quick
JS> question. I have SIO deal running but when I go to load a dos door,
JS> I'm trying to telnet in, the BBS works fine but the dos door choaks
JS> and says there is no fossil driver loaded.  Is there some other
JS> command I'm missing??

In the settings for the DOS session that your door runs in, you need to add
DOS_DEVICE=C:\SIO\VX00.SYS so that you load the (virtual) FOSSIL driver.  This
can be done in CONFIG.SYS (which would make the FOSSIL available in all DOS
sessions), or with extra utilities you can start VX00.SYS in only those
sessions that need it.

Here's a quote from my batch files:

SPAWNBBS.CMD (I use BTXE/2):

=== Cut ===
@Echo Off

Echo Copyright (C) 1997 by Andrew J. Leary.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Echo Creating batch file...
Echo EXEBBS1 %2 1 %4 %5>DOBBS.BAT
Echo Starting the BBS...
Start "BBS Node 1" /FG /FS /WAIT /DOS=E:\RA\NODE1\NODE1.INI DOBBS.BAT
If Not Exist K:\Flags\BBSMail.FLG Goto End
CD \FE
FastEch2 Scan -A
CD \RA\Node1
:End
=== Cut ===

NODE1.INI:

=== Cut ===
DOS_DEVICE=D:\SIO2K\VX00.SYS
SIO_Allow_Access_COM1=1
SIO_Screen_Sync_Kludge=1
=== Cut ===

I'm using the START command built into 4OS2.  I believe that most other Start
utilities also have the ability to do something similar.

Andrew

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