OS2VDM.TXT - Installation instructions for OS/2 Virtual DOS Machine

Note, this document is written from the perspective of installing
the full version of TAPEDISK.  The installaion of the full version
of TAPEDISK normaly installs into C:\TD654.  If you are installing
the TAPEDISK Demo the default directory for installation is
C:\TD654250. The TAPEDISK Demo V6.5.4 is a 250MB restricted version
of TAPEDISK.

If you have installed this into a different directory please
make adjustments to the following documentation.


OS/2 Warp settings by one of our users:

Created a VBM to boot MSDOS off of Drive C:\

IN OS2 DOS SETTINGS:

DOS_AUTOEXEC                 C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
DOS_SHELL                    C:\COMMAND.COM
DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE            C:\


RELEVANT PARTS OF DOS CONFIG.SYS FILE:

NUMLOCK=OFF
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=FSFILTER.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\EMM386.SYS
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\ASPISTUB.SYS
BUFFERS=30,0
FILES=50
DEVICE=C:\TD654\TAPEDISK.EXE /ID=4

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RELEVANT PARTS OF DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT:

ECHO OFF
CLS
CAPS-ON
PATH C:\;C:\DOS62;C:\TD654
ECHO ON

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RELEVANT PARTS OF OS2 CONFIG.SYS:

BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
REM NEXT ADDED BY SAT
BASEDEV=OS2ASPI.DMD
DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VASPI.SYS
REM END OF LINES ADDED BY SAT
BASEDEV=AIC7870.ADD

