Hi all,
I have a problem with FreeDOS "unstable" / "Win386/WfW311" kernel,
the kernel which calls itself 2037 by now:
FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.37w (Build 2037w-UNSTABLE, Jun 29 2006)
(by the way, the 1.0 pre ISO of FreeDOS has a buggy FreeCOM LFN
thing, so either set LFN=N or update to the FreeCOM
FreeCom version 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap [Jul 17 2006 22:56:22]
from
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/command/0.84pre/test
ing/command.com
...)

My problem is:

rem somehow this crashes with WINKERN 2037 unless ?= is used???
123?INSTALLHIGH=C:\FDOS\bin\lbacache.com 15000 TUNS

With kernel 2037, lbacache does not load - instead, the usual
illegal opcode thing is shown (emm386 version). However,
123?INSTALLHIGH?=C:\FDOS\bin\lbacache.com 15000 TUNS
(and then typing Y, of course) does work fine.

With kernel 2036, INSTALL / INSTALLHIGH work without any problems.

Speaking of Windows compat, by the way: WIN /S works fine with 2036,
but WIN /3 does not work with 2036 nor with 2037 for me. It just
returns to the prompt. Bug 2037 is supposed to add Win386 support...
I tested only Win 3.1, because I do not own WfW 3.11 :-).

Bonus Windows problem is that neither XDMA nor the newest QDMA
are compatible: Loading either of the two makes Windows freeze
while it plays the welcome sound. Probably some IRQ/DMA problem.
Happens both with and without EMM386 loaded.

Eric


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