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From: | hhamedan AT osf1 DOT gmu DOT edu (Hassan Hamedani) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos,comp.os.msdos.4dos,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.desqview,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.mail-news,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.pcgeos,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision |
Subject: | Re: How do I solve the problem of "Cannot find command.com, system halted?" |
Date: | 19 Mar 1996 19:19:27 GMT |
Organization: | George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
Lines: | 31 |
Distribution: | inet |
Message-ID: | <4in1bv$inh@portal.gmu.edu> |
References: | <4ienei$l5d AT apollo DOT isisnet DOT com> <skhickm DOT 230 DOT 0022E19A AT azstarnet DOT com> |
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
In article <skhickm DOT 230 DOT 0022E19A AT azstarnet DOT com> skhickm AT azstarnet DOT com (Steve Hickman) writes: >In article <4ienei$l5d AT apollo DOT isisnet DOT com> bcarson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com (cyberbob) writes: >>From: bcarson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com (cyberbob) > >>I run win 3x have dos 6.22 and recieve the message: "invalid >>command.com, system halted." Help is appreciated at >>bcarson AT ra DOT isisnet DOT com > >Your system is telling you it tried to refresh COMMAND.COM and couldn't >find it. Be sure your COMSPEC environment variable is valid. Use the SET >command (just type SET then press Enter) to see where your system expects >to find COMMAND.COM then be sure its really there, or code SET COMSPEC >in your AUTOEXEC.BAT to set the variable with the full path of a valid >COMMAND.COM (e.g., SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM). > > How far along is this? If it's at bootup, make a system disk and copy the SYS.COM command to it (for simplest results, format the diskette w/ the DOS 6.22). Use this command to transfer system files (including COMMAND.COM) to the HD. You may need to set the computer to boot-floppy if it can only boot HD currently. Make the adjustment in the CMOS (or whatever they call it these days) setup. Hope this helps, -p -- Hassan -118
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