Can't Start MS-DOS 5.0 or later on a BSR Computer (74551)


The information in this article applies to:
    • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
    • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
    • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
    • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
    • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q74551

SYMPTOMS

After installing MS-DOS or later on a BSR computer, you may be unable to start MS-DOS from the hard drive, Uninstall disk, or a MS-DOS 5.0 or later bootable floppy.

CAUSE

The BIOS chips in some BSR 386 machines prevent MS-DOS from properly completing its starting sequence.

WORKAROUND

If you are having difficulty starting MS-DOS 5.0, 6.0, or 6.2 on a BSR machine, turn off switch 2 on switch bank 1 of the system. If the machine still does not start, contact BSR for a BIOS upgrade.

NOTE: Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (QEMM) does not work on the machine after this switch has been changed.

MORE INFORMATION

If you want to uninstall MS-DOS 5.0, 6.0, or 6.2, you must start from a floppy disk from your previous version of MS-DOS, back up the hard drive to floppy disks, and manually install the previous version of MS-DOS to the hard drive. To reinstall your previous version of MS-DOS, do the following:

    • Use the Sys command to transfer the previous version of DOS system files to the hard drive.
    • Copy the COMMAND.COM file to the root directory of drive C.
    • Copy the contents of the previous version of MS-DOS disks to the DOS directory.
    • Find the old AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files on the Uninstall disk as AUTOEXEC.DAT and CONFIG.DAT. Copy them to the hard drive, and rename them AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS.
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Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 5/12/2003
Keywords: KB74551
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