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can someone show me how to load dos device drivers?

Dos does not have drivers, like linux or windows,The program talk direct to the hard ware,you do get prog that setup things like SB sound called drivers ,But they are just prog that put thing's in the autoexec.bat and config.sys.
You can start prog's like mouse.com by puting something like this in your autoexec.bat eg:
path=c:\dos\mouse

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ASHLEY4.

so you just have to run the program? i'm not sure what you're getting at. i'm trying to program the use of dos device drivers in to my os, not trying to use them in dos. i know how to use them in dos.

As i said there is no driver's to use,as dos does not have drivers how are you going to use them in your OS,
If you are making a real mode dos clone you would talk direct to the hardware ,But there's a lot of diferent one's ,So you would have to make it compatably with say SB16, or VESA ,etc.

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ASHLEY4.

Well, what about .SYS Device Drivers.
I think they are real programs and therefor real drivers.
And i think they are something like standard EXE without header or so, try to load them as an exe...

thanks