DOS program "Error 2009 : Not enough space for environment"

[Guest]

I am trying to run a dos program on XP. I have copied the autoexec.nt into
the system32 directory. When I try to run the dos exe, I get the above error
message. Can anyone shed some light on what it means?

Thank you
Gary

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Gary,
Review the contents of CONFIG.NT in the %windir%\System32 folder.

Does it have entries like these:

dos=high, umb
device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
files=100


Make it has the line dos=high
and bump up the files=

What does your Autoexec.nt file have in it?

 

[Guest]

Maurice

Here is the content of config.nt

dos=high, umb
device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
files=40

and autoexec.nt

@ECHO OFF
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

The dos exe program is on an old Novell server. My desktop is running XP
professional.

Gary

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

No, you can't run Novell server. Last time I looked (some 10+ years ago), Novell server software ran on a dedicated machine.
I suppose if you have Virtual PC software, you might run it in a virtual DOS.

 

[Guest]

I can run the same dos program over the network using Win98 OS on my desktop.
The Novell server is a legacy system which runs a database; we need to get
data from the old system every now and then. It works if I use VNC to connect
to another desktop with Win98 OS and running the DOS program on that pc.
However it is rather slow.

Thanks
Gary

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

Gary,

Post a summary of your needs & situation to the group
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

 

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

P.S. This short link is to a Google archive post on a similar problem.
http://tinyurl.com/beat6