There exist a tool, a programm that assign the drive letter in Free-DOS version 1.0 final 2005 x:\freedos\setup\odin i have donĀ“t remember the name of this Programm go and replace shsusdcx.com (
2015-05-19 3:37 GMT+02:00, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com>: > Sure thing John! It's going to bug me for a while though - I'm a bit anal > ;^o > > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 9:03 PM, John Hupp <free...@prpcompany.com> wrote: > >> I also tried, by the way, mscdex + uide.sys, which did not work. >> >> Thanks, Don, for working with me all the way through and contributing >> many >> good ideas! >> >> >> On 5/18/2015 5:33 PM, John Hupp wrote: >> >> Continuing to think in other directions at the moment, I tried mscdex + a >> cdrom driver of unknown origin named ide-cd.sys (dated 1998). Those two >> worked. >> >> Then I tried shsucdx + ide-cd.sys and those two worked. >> >> I wish I knew the origin of ide-cd.sys (or maybe I don't want to know), >> but I'm ready to call this the best and cleanest solution on this rig. >> Maybe I can do better on my next build. >> >> On 5/18/2015 4:58 PM, John Hupp wrote: >> >> It seems that the latest xcdrom.sys (which I have been using) is the same >> version as on a Freedos 1.0 install I had some long time ago. But the >> current shsucdx is 2011 instead of 2006 on Freedos 1.0. >> >> So I tried the same xcdrom + shsucdx pair copied from that working >> install. But it produces the same error as originally reported without >> the >> redundant pairs of commands workaround. >> >> On 5/18/2015 4:32 PM, John Hupp wrote: >> >> I rem'ed out the uide.sys line after both the original and the latest >> available update yielded the same error. After that I began working on >> the >> best setup with the last xcdrom.sys. >> >> I've been assuming that we are dealing with uide/xcdrom bugs here rather >> than a shsucdx bug. >> >> I have not tried any other cdrom drivers or cdx programs. >> >> On 5/18/2015 4:14 PM, Don Flowers wrote: >> >> are you using only xcrdom.sys or combining it with UIDE or UDVD? I >> prefer >> UIDE instead of xcdrom.sys on my IDE drives, and on one of my quirkier >> machines shsucdx doesn't work but shcdx86.com does. >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:02 PM, John Hupp <free...@prpcompany.com> >> wrote: >> >>> You're right, I get exactly the same result if I rem out that line. >>> >>> I then arrive at this as the most economical working configuration: >>> >>> ======================= >>> REM (some commands) >>> >>> SHSUCDX /QQ /D3 >>> >>> REM (some commands) >>> >>> DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001 /H >>> SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,X /Q >>> >>> DEVLOAD /Q /H C:\FDOS\BIN\XCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001 /H >>> SHSUCDX /D:FDCD0001,X /Q >>> ======================= >>> >>> But SHSUCDX /D then reports X: and Y: as the drive assignments, and only >>> Y: works. X: produces the error I first reported. >>> >>> So it's not entirely clean and clear, but have I just arrived at the >>> best >>> workaround? >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud >> Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications >> Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights >> Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user