Hi,
Working with virtual box. I have dos installed with cdrom access. I have install drivers for multiple differect cards (Marvell Yukon, Realtek)
Here is the error I constantly get:
“Error loading device drivers YUKND.DOS”
Error 7306: The driver failed to initialize
YUKND.DOS was not loaded
Error 7321: Network-card drivers failed to load
Error 5733: The protocol manager has reported an incomplete binding
I have been all over the net and I am at a complete loss. I need to be able to do this to support legacy software here at a manufacturing plant and am having no success. Any help?????
I cut my teeth on DOS but it’s been 17 years since I touched a DOS based machine. What I do remember off the top of my head is your two major configuration files for DOS in which all hardware is/was loaded and they are:
1) config.sys
2) autoexec.bat
As to which one you would load the NIC drivers in, I have no memory.
I can make two suggestions though at this point.
We have four PC’s here running legacy dos applications
Suggestion 1: Look at one of the other DOS boxes and check which file the NIC drivers load in and ensure you’re duplicating that in your “new” DOS box.
Suggestion 2: Find a way to update, upgrade or flat out replace the legacy applications.
Mind you, if you figure out how to get them to run virtually, that solves the issue nicely as well and once you have one working, you can spin up as many as you need, and have resources for at a moments notice.
Sorry I couldn’t be of more help. Good luck.
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