Hello, All: I'm hoping this is an appropriate place to discuss this--if not, please forgive a newby! I'm a list owner myself & I definitely don't want to wear out my welcome before I even get started, but looking thru the archives kind of made me think maybe this topic would be ok.
One of the uses for FreeDos *not* included on the homepage is computer forensics. In order to prevent accidental writes to a disk, it's really critical that certain aspects of an examination, especially that of imaging, be performed in a dos environment. I'm getting DMA boundary errors when attempting to run some forensics programs. Neither MSDos nor Udo Kuhnt's DrDos/OpenDos gives me these. Bug #698 references this problem, as does my bug #1952. I have read the comments regarding bug 698 debating whether in fact this is a "bug". I would submit that it is, both because other versions of dos which FreeDos emulates filter out this error & because it significantly impairs FreeDos's ability to function as an OS under which forensics work could otherwise be done. I've done some C programming but have never braved getting into the guts of an operating system. By the time I figure out how to correct the problem, I'll probably have retired long since. Might anyone more knowledgeable than I be willing to address this, or shall I consider myself on my own? I'd happily test solutions. Also, if there's anything I can do to make this easier, please let me know that as well. Again, I hope I've posted this to the correct forum, &, if not, yall please don't yell at me too loud lol. Many blessings for the holiday season. -- Jackie McBride Check out my homepage at: www.abletec.serverheaven.netHi, all: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
