It seems to me I've run FreeGEM/XM on FreeDOS before.

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Kenneth J. Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 6:26 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I've tried running GEM/XM under freedos kernels 2035b, 2036, 2037, and
>> "Christian" experimental build (later renamed 2038pre).  Official
>> documentation says it will not work due to using FCBs to read the driver
>> loading file, 'ASSIGN.SYS'.  GEM/XM complains about "assign.sys," then
>> dies.  So I conclude that 1. the GEM/XM documentation is correct and 2.
>> there is a serious bug in the freedos kernel (fcbfns.c?) regarding how
>> FCBs are handled.
>> I have not seen any mentions of fixes for this in 2038.  If it has been
>> fixed in any kernel builds, please respond on the list.  I _hope_ to see
>> GEM/XM running in FreeDOS 1.1
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> I saw the bug report (Sourceforge tracker, don't have # handy) and
> tried finding load.asm from GEM/XM so I could see what it was doing
> (which commands failed).  I never did find it, but did download the
> GEM/XM so I can run try it.  The fix may make it into the 2038 kernel,
> but if not depending on the actual issue should be in the 2039 release
> (which my goal is to release shortly after 2038 assuming there is a
> need and people actually report success or problems with 2038).
>
> I seem to recall something about an updated version that used handles
> instead of FCBs (win98 compatibility issue as well), have you tried
> the latest GEM/XM with these updates?
>
> Jeremy
>
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