MSDOS can't find command.com
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:44 pm
Like many folks, I have half a dozen boot floppies for various support activities. I thought the easy option was to insert them in the UBCD Custom folder and edit the custom.cfg. How wrong I was.
All the floppies use MSDOS 6.22, because I like it and I've got the ligitimate license and install disks. Booting from UBCD and choosing my MSDOS menu item, I keep getting "error in config.sys, unable to find command processor e.g. c:\ command.com". I've tried varying the first line of the config.sys, but the failure is always the against the first line. I've even tried making the first config.sys line into "shell=a:\command.com /p" and also made sure all the MSDOS files are in the root of the floppy image with no sub-folders.
Have I missed something crucial or does MSDOS just not work with UBCD 5? For your information, I have successfully inserted a couple of boot floppies from Terrabyte Unlimited (BootITng and ImageforDOS) which use Terrabyte's own custom OS, so any help with MSDOS would be appreciated.
All the floppies use MSDOS 6.22, because I like it and I've got the ligitimate license and install disks. Booting from UBCD and choosing my MSDOS menu item, I keep getting "error in config.sys, unable to find command processor e.g. c:\ command.com". I've tried varying the first line of the config.sys, but the failure is always the against the first line. I've even tried making the first config.sys line into "shell=a:\command.com /p" and also made sure all the MSDOS files are in the root of the floppy image with no sub-folders.
Have I missed something crucial or does MSDOS just not work with UBCD 5? For your information, I have successfully inserted a couple of boot floppies from Terrabyte Unlimited (BootITng and ImageforDOS) which use Terrabyte's own custom OS, so any help with MSDOS would be appreciated.