Virtualbox Dos 6.22 Mouse Driver
Updated: by Computer Hope Note: This document applies to older computers running MS-DOS and not a Windows command line having trouble. For the mouse to work in an MS-DOS environment, you must have the Microsoft mouse driver mouse.com loading in your autoexec.bat file or the mouse device driver mouse.sys loading in your config.sys file. Find the MS-DOS mouse driver Before placing any information into the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys you need to locate one of those files on your computer. To locate a file in MS-DOS Type either of the below commands at C:. Dir mouse.com /s or dir mouse.sys /s Once either of these commands are typed in you should receive a listing of what directory contains one of the above files.
If you get a file not found error, try the alternate command. Load mouse driver Once the file has been located on the computer, depending upon what file is found, use one of the examples below.
Copy the OAKCDROM.SYS CD-ROM driver file to a. To avoid intermittent and erratic mouse behavior. After you install MS-DOS 6.22, VMware recommends that you. This file will make a mouse driver. If you want a mouse to work on your bootdisk copy mouse.com to your bootdisk and add a line in. USB Mouse In DOS. New ckfinder full version 2017 - and software 2017.
AUTOEXEC.BAT LH C: Windows MOUSE.COM CONFIG.SYS DEVICE=C: Windows MOUSE.SYS The above two lines are examples, if either file is located in another directory you would need to substitute the C: Windows for the directory containing the file.
Virtualbox Drivers Windows 10
Skip to: Introduction This walkthrough covers installing MS-DOS 6.22 from the original installation diskettes. Why write this in 2013? That's a very valid question, to which there are a few answers:. Setting up a fully working DOS system will give you great appreciation for how far computing has come.
For old-timers, it will be a walk down memory lane; for youngsters who've never used nor even seen DOS before, it should be quite an eye-opening experience to experience first hand both how primitive DOS was and yet how capable it could be. A working physical DOS system is the most authentic way to (re-)experience classic PC games.
Does an amazing job of supporting DOS games on modern platforms, but for perfect accuracy, including the full memory management experience (which can be a game unto itself), a real DOS system can't be beat. There is a dearth of detailed information about MS-DOS on the internet. This makes sense as MS-DOS predates the web as we know it today, but I don't want knowledge of this system to be lost to time. I did a significant amount of research for this project, and I want to document and share what I've discovered and re-learned for future reference. Perhaps most importantly, why not?
This project was inspired by a previous project to, my first computer that, not coincidentally, ran MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Rebuilding and enhancing it from a hardware perspective was a fun experience, and now I'm doing the same from a software perspective. Honestly, if you have no appreciation for old hardware or software, then this is definitely not for you. If, however, you share my passion for technology, not only for the new hotness 1 of today but also the old and busted (and tried and true) of yesterday that got us to where we are today, then I think you'll find this interesting. If you have some old hardware lying around then I hope you'll follow along, but even if not I think you may still find some of this interesting enough to read. As an alternative, if you want an easy-to-install version of DOS that includes some nice modern conveniences, check out. It's a great project that I highly recommend.
For this project, though, I want a (mostly) authentic, original MS-DOS installation. Note: I provide download links for all discussed software in the relevant section where it's discussed. Links point to the original download location for each file wherever possible, but for the files that no longer have an official source (or a reliable one, in the case of the files hosted on Microsoft's amazingly unreliable FTP server), I've linked to a local copy you can download instead.
Prerequisites. Old hardware - if it has ISA slots you're probably good to go; anything newer may require some extra work, but it should still be possible to get at least a basic working system installed. Alternatively, you should be able to get this up and running in a virtual machine with or, but as with the note about FreeDOS above I'm primarily interested in an authentic experience for this project, which is what's documented here. A 3.5' floppy disk drive and at least one floppy diskette (two or more recommended) - It may be possible to hack together a solution that will work from a bootable CD-ROM (see this for details if you prefer to try that route), but MS-DOS is really only intended to be installed from floppy diskettes. MS-DOS 6.x installation media. If possible, I suggest using or tracking down any original installation media you may have had (in my case, I was able to pull the original MS-DOS 6.2 diskette images off of my Packard Bell recovery CD) or picking up a set on eBay - unless you want a full boxed set, the media itself is quite cheap.
If you don't have access to any legit copies and don't want to go the eBay route, you can find a copy online easily enough (I recommend the ). I don't generally condone piracy, but given this is twenty year old software that's no longer commercially available, I see no harm at all here. Patience, basic CLI experience, and a willingness to tinker - this process will take some time, and you'll likely run into issues here and there that'll require some extra time/effort/thought to work out. Part of the experience here is the journey itself, so if you get immediately frustrated at any given setback you will not enjoy this project. Basic CLI experience is also expected; I hope to provide enough guidance to get you through this project without the need for too much prior experience, but I have to assume you have at least a basic familiarity with the command line. Tip: I also recommend grabbing a copy of either or if you're running Windows on your main computer, or and if you're running Linux (both should be available in your package management system).
You'll probably need/want to unpack some of the software and drivers listed below on your main computer before copying it over to your new DOS system, and some of these are packed in fairly obscure (for today) formats. These applications should cover all the software I tried to unpack, so having these tools available in advance will save some time and hassle. Preparation Relevant Software:.
Unless you have physical installation media, you'll need to write the floppy disk images to real diskettes. RawWrite is a simple way to do this in Windows.