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 ===
{at}Echo Off
Echo SPAWNBBS.CMD; BBS Loader Command File, Version 1.00à1
Echo Copyright (C) 1997 by Andrew J. Leary.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Echo ÿ
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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