DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 01:11:

sharangad wrote on Today, 01:00:

DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 00:53:

Also, how exactly do you change the audio ports? I tried each of the executables, and the one that allegedly lets you, doesn't seem to work. Despite putting in the syntax it asks for. Eg: sbeset -a220 -i5. It just keeps telling me it's an invalid switch.

But yeah, the ports it has set are totally wrong. Surely it needs to be 220, not 240? IRQ 5? And MPU-401 330? Not 300.

Also, I tried adding a command to apply the Audigy 12 patch on boot, but Windows still crashes with a BSOD.

You only need to run the dos driver in ms-dos mode/boot to command prompt. You should be able to run it from a batch file while running dos apps. On my p4 based system I have the same problem.

Ahh, I see. But yeah, I plan to load these drivers up for specific games via a BAT file.

What I am wondering though, is it possible to unload a driver when exiting DOS back to Windows? These drivers prevent Windows from loading, so it would be useful to unload them if I decide to exit DOS and return to Windows.

There's a switch to unload the driver I seem to recall. If you just run sbeinit (I *think*) with /? it should list all the options.

As for your port problem, it's entirely possible the ports in question are in use by something else.

sharangad wrote on Today, 02:33:

DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 01:11:

sharangad wrote on Today, 01:00:

You only need to run the dos driver in ms-dos mode/boot to command prompt. You should be able to run it from a batch file while running dos apps. On my p4 based system I have the same problem.

Ahh, I see. But yeah, I plan to load these drivers up for specific games via a BAT file.

What I am wondering though, is it possible to unload a driver when exiting DOS back to Windows? These drivers prevent Windows from loading, so it would be useful to unload them if I decide to exit DOS and return to Windows.

There's a switch to unload the driver I seem to recall. If you just run sbeinit (I *think*) with /? it should list all the options.

As for your port problem, it's entirely possible the ports in question are in use by something else.

Ahh, that would make sense actually. That's probably my ISA sound card. Although, there are no commands set for it to load and configure it at the moment, so maybe it isn't that...?

But can something be added to autoexec.bat, config.sys, or msdos.sys/ini whereby if 'win /exit' is called, it triggers sbeinit?

DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 02:41:

sharangad wrote on Today, 02:33:

DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 01:11:

Ahh, I see. But yeah, I plan to load these drivers up for specific games via a BAT file.

What I am wondering though, is it possible to unload a driver when exiting DOS back to Windows? These drivers prevent Windows from loading, so it would be useful to unload them if I decide to exit DOS and return to Windows.

There's a switch to unload the driver I seem to recall. If you just run sbeinit (I *think*) with /? it should list all the options.

As for your port problem, it's entirely possible the ports in question are in use by something else.

Ahh, that would make sense actually. That's probably my ISA sound card. Although, there are no commands set for it to load and configure it at the moment, so maybe it isn't that...?

But can something be added to autoexec.bat, config.sys, or msdos.sys/ini whereby if 'win /exit' is called, it triggers sbeinit?

There're probably jumpers on your ISA card if it isn't PnP to select ports and stuff.

I seem to recall a batch file called DOSSTART.bat (maybe I'm remembering it wrong) which runs on a switch to MS-DOS mode. I generally don't use this because some games have issues in running in MS-DOS mode. Alternatively (or additionally) you could add a boot menu to boot directly into DOS with EMM386, ctmouse and sbeinit. Some games really don't like EMM386 and it might be useful to have an alternative mode with SBEMU which works pretty well with EMU10k cards.

sharangad wrote on Today, 02:46:

DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 02:41:

sharangad wrote on Today, 02:33:

There's a switch to unload the driver I seem to recall. If you just run sbeinit (I *think*) with /? it should list all the options.

As for your port problem, it's entirely possible the ports in question are in use by something else.

Ahh, that would make sense actually. That's probably my ISA sound card. Although, there are no commands set for it to load and configure it at the moment, so maybe it isn't that...?

But can something be added to autoexec.bat, config.sys, or msdos.sys/ini whereby if 'win /exit' is called, it triggers sbeinit?

There're probably jumpers on your ISA card if it isn't PnP to select ports and stuff.

I seem to recall a batch file called DOSSTART.bat (maybe I'm remembering it wrong) which runs on a switch to MS-DOS mode. I generally don't use this because some games have issues in running in MS-DOS mode. Alternatively (or additionally) you could add a boot menu to boot directly into DOS with EMM386, ctmouse and sbeinit. Some games really don't like EMM386 and it might be useful to have an alternative mode with SBEMU which works pretty well with EMU10k cards.

Hmm. Well, on that note, I'm still trying to figure out how to set up my boot menu. I might have to pinch someone's example and tweak it. I want to be able to customise the names of Windows 98 and MS-DOS etc. It would be nice to have different menus that have different configurations.

DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 00:16:

It wouldn't be related to me having a second sound card installed, would it? I know you mentioned it could affect the installation, though I've not run into any problems there.

Like I said before, having two sound cards in the system is beyond the scope of this guide. I specifically warn against that in step 1.3. There are too many complex issues that can arise on such a setup. You are free to experiment on your own of course, but don't expect any help from me, as this guide wasn't intended for that use case.

DustyShinigami wrote on Today, 00:16:

On a separate note, I did look at seeing if I could disable the COM and LPT ports to free up resources, but I'm not sure if I've found them or what I should change them to. Not sure if these are related to something else.

Simply set both Serial Ports and the Parallel Port to "Disabled" in the BIOS. Though you may want to check the manual of your motherboard beforehand, as some systems don't allow turning off individual ports. Also, Serial Port = COM port, Parallel Port = LPT port. Those are just different names for the same thing, and how they are labeled in the BIOS depends on the manufacturer.