DOS 6 22 - D / E / etc Drive space errora

[Smack2k]

I have tried to install various software on my DOS 6.22 486. Software installs fine on C: with no issues but when I copy installers to my D or E drives I keep getting not enough space errors, even though the Drives have plenty of free space to install the software. Any ideas what could be wrong? Both C and D are 2GB Partitions and installs run fine on C

 

[eswan]

How much free space on C and D? Back when 2gb drives first came out, I ran into this same problem- some installers would calculate the free space available on the target drive and overflow the variable. The quick solution was to copy, say, a couple of win98 install directories to the target drive first to reduce the free space.

 

[Chuck(G)]

The problem lies in the age and the way the program gets free space information. The API is INT 21H AH=36H which returns 3 16-bit quantities. If the program is calculating, the free space in sectors, and expects a 16-bit quantity (<32MB), the test for space will fail.

 

[Smack2k]

There is close to 2GB on C available and D is empty except for one game installer I copied over.

Is there anything I can do or am I just screwed? I want to install my games onto D....

Thanks!

 

[Chuck(G)]

Create a smaller partition on the drive for your games. It probably can even be an extended one.

 

[rimmeruk]

There is close to 2GB on C available and D is empty except for one game installer I copied over.

Is there anything I can do or am I just screwed? I want to install my games onto D....

Thanks!

Install your software on or from C: then move them over to D: manually. Alternately make good use of the SUBST command.
http://www.easydos.com/subst.html