IIRC, ESS provided some kind of utility which probed the system to detect the
configuration of the card and report its findings. Was any such thing included
in the driver package you downloaded?
Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Wednesday, July 17, 2019 10:43 AM, HTV04 . <htv04ru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just thought I’d make a new thread since the old on was getting long and
> off-topic anyway.
>
> I’m trying to install an ESS SOLO-1 driver I found here:
> https://www.philscomputerlab.com/ess-es1938s-solo-1.html
>
> I copied the files onto my old computer and put them in the correct places,
> but I don’t know how to configure fdconfig.sys and autoexec.bat to run the
> driver.
>
> I know I have to enter this code into fdconfig.sys (config.sys):
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\SOLO1\ESSOLO.SYS
>
> And this code into autoexec.bat:
> LH C:\SOLO1\ESSOLO.COM
> SET BLASTER=A220 D1 I5 T4
> C:\SOLO1\ESSVOL.EXE /v:10 /l:0 /w:10 /m:0 /c:10 /s:10 /a:0 /p:0
>
> Problem is, fdconfig.sys and autoexec.bat seem really complicated, mainly due
> to the startup menu FreeDOS has. I saw in the autoexec.bat file that certain
> code loads when the startup option is 2, yet I saw nothing loaded for 1, even
> though that it supposed to be the most powerful option (I think). This is
> really confusing. I want to make sure the drivers only load with the options
> that support it (for example, options 3 and 4 shouldn’t load the drivers
> because those are safe modes). How do I do this?
> --
> Sincerely,
> HTV04
_______________________________________________
Freedos-user mailing list
Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
