device= in config.sys?

[Horst Laumer]

randyt at asdnet (Randy Terbush) writes:

>I am running ISC 2.2.1 and VP/ix 1.2 on my 386 clone.  I have a
>ProDesigner II video card which requires that I have the vgarom
>statement in vpix.cnf commented out.  

>I have been attempting to install the xansi.sys driver supplied with
>the card.  It seems that the only way I can get this driver to load is
>if I install it in my C: file since I run with my own copy of C:.

>Is this the case with all device drivers under VP/ix?  I tried leaving
>the xansi.sys file in my H: (Home) directory, and Z: (UNIX
>filesystem).

>Any ideas or experiences?

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Sorry, but has to be so.

If you inspect the normal C:\autoexec.bat, you will see a 'dosmount...'-line.
This installs the H:, U:, ... DOS-drives. Since config.sys is evaluated first,
it tries drive C: for drivers.

There is an alternative (is it really ?) : you can boot DOS from a floppy.
Don't think that's that good.


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