DOS 4 and 5 Error Message Numbers

 

                     DOS 4 and 5 Error Message Numbers

   (Copyright 1991, JP Software Inc., All Rights Reserved. Published by JP

   Software Inc., P.O. Box 1470, E. Arlington, MA 02174 USA, (617) 646-3975.

   Released June 11, 1991.)

   MS-DOS versions 4 and 5 include an unusual mechanism for displaying

   errors from external DOS commands like XCOPY, FORMAT, or DISKCOPY.

   These commands use the command processor to retrieve their error

   messages; if the messages aren't found they display cryptic messages

   like "Parse error 3" or "Extended error 7".  4DOS does not currently

   support this mechanism, but will support it in the next release, due

   out later this summer.  In most cases these errors are generated by

   simple typographical errors which are almost immediately obvious.

   If you see error messages like this while using MS-DOS 4 or 5 with

   4DOS, and the cause isn't obvious, check the list of error codes below

   to interpret the message.  

   The codes listed here apply only to MS-DOS 4 and 5 external programs

   like FORMAT, DEBUG, and DISKCOPY.  You aren't likely to see them

   elsewhere.  Also, only common error messages are handled using this

   mechanism; other messages which are specific to the program in

   question (for example, the message "Insert source disk in drive A:",

   used by DISKCOPY) are embedded within the program and will be

   displayed correctly even if COMMAND.COM is not present.

   DOS 4 and 5 external programs can report either "Extended" errors or

   "Parse" errors.

   Parse errors represent problems in parsing (analyzing) the command

   line.  The possible parse errors are:

             1    Too many parameters

             2    Required parameter missing

             3    Invalid switch

             4    Invalid keyword

             6    Parameter value not in allowed range

             7    Parameter value not allowed

             8    Parameter value not allowed

             9    Parameter format not correct

            10    Invalid parameter

            11    Invalid parameter combination

   (Parse error 5 is not used; parse errors 7 and 8 are the same.)

   Extended errors represent file, disk, or device access problems.

   These include the familiar errors like "access denied" or "file not

   found".  The extended error codes are:

         Standard DOS errors:

             1    Bad function

             2    File not found

             3    Invalid path

             4    Too many open files

             5    Access denied

             6    Invalid handle

             7    Memory destroyed

             8    Out of memory

             9    Bad memory block

            10    Bad environment

            11    Bad format

            12    Invalid access code

            13    Invalid data

            14    Internal DOS error

            15    Invalid drive

            16    Can't remove current directory

            17    Not same device

            18    File not found

            19    Disk is write protected

            20    Bad disk unit

            21    Drive not ready--close door

            22    Bad disk command

            23    Data error

            24    Bad call format

            25    Seek error

            26    Non-DOS disk

            27    Sector not found

            28    Out of paper

            29    Write error

            30    Read error

            31    General failure

         Network and other errors:

            32    Sharing violation

            33    Lock violation

            34    Invalid disk change

            35    FCB unavailable

            36    Sharing buffer overflow

            40    Not ready

            41    File allocation table bad

            50    Invalid net request

            51    Remote computer not listening

            52    Duplicate name on net

            53    Net name not found

            54    Net busy

            55    Net device no longer exists

            56    NetBIOS command limit exceeded

            57    Net adapter hardware error

            58    Bad response from net

            59    Unexpected net error

            60    Incompatible remote adapter

            61    Print queue full

            62    Queue not full

            63    No room for print file

            64    Net name was deleted

            65    Access denied

            66    Net device type incorrect

            67    Net name not found

            68    Net name limit exceeded

            69    NetBIOS session limit exceeded

            70    Temporarily paused

            71    Net request not accepted

            72    Redirection is paused

            80    File exists

            82    Can't make directory entry

            83    Fail on INT 24

            84    Too many redirections

            85    Duplicate redirection

            86    Invalid password

            87    Invalid parameter

            88    Net device fault