First post, by UltimaPlayer12
There are times I attempt to boot into MS-DOS mode with a custom shortcut within Win98 that generates an autoexec.bat and config.sys, and it succeeds. Sometimes this happens multiple times in a row. However, I hit a point where sometimes it just doesn't want to reboot. It seems that maybe something with my display drivers are messed up or perhaps it is an issue with MS-DOS mode corrupting my files, as booting into the CLI on boot-up using F8 and checking them shows garbled text.
I'm running an S3 Virge 2MB graphics card, on an ASUS P5A motherboard. I do not have an option to reserve an IRQ for VGA, but I have set the IRQ reserve to 11 on the PCI slot for my GPU and this hasn't resolved the problem.
If this will help, my config and sys files are as follows
autoexec.cfg:
GoTo %config%
:EMC
:XMC
:CMC
SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE
C:\SB16\MIXERSET.EXE /P /Q
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:OPTICAL
:EM
:XM
:CM
LH C:\DRIVERS\CTMOUSE.EXE /R2
:E
:X
:C
config.sys:
[COMMON]
DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO
FILES=30
BUFFERS=30
[menu]
menuitem=EMC, Expanded memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=XMC, Extended memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=CMC, Conventional Memory only + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=EM, Expanded memory + Mouse
menuitem=XM, Extended memory + Mouse
menuitem=CM, Conventional memory only + Mouse
menuitem=E, Expanded memory
menuitem=X, Extended memory
menuitem=C, Conventional memory only
menudefault=EMC,10
[EMC]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[XMC]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[CMC]
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[EM]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
[XM]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
[CM]
[E]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
[X]
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
[C]
These are slightly modified versions of PhilsComputerLab's provided configurations with his MS-DOS tutorials, used for a working mouse and audio.
Note: I posted this in the wrong area of the forum originally, and have no way to delete it. If an admin would like, they can remove the original. I apologize for having posted in the wrong place.
The Beast 2.0:
CPU: AMD K6-III 450MHz GPU: Nvidia FX 5600 128MB HDD: 20GB (Seagate?) Mobo: ASUS P5A-B RAM: 512MB Sound Card: SB 16 PnP ISA OS: Windows 98 SE