Robert Ralston wrote:
...
But with kernel 1.1.35w Build 2035w-unstable from the 1440 ODIN
distribution, everything works with a laptop *if and only if* there is
a floppy drive present. If there is a floppy drive either in a bay or
connected via USB, then the FreeDOS partition boots normally. However,
if that floppy drive is missing, then we consistently get the message,
after FreeDOS starts to load:
"Error in the DJ mechanism. IO error: cyclinder > 1023. Bad or
missing Command Interpreter. Enter the full shell command line:
command.com /P /E:256."
There was a recent fix to the unstable kernel to better support
floppyless systems. If possible please try a current 2035w from
http://www.fdos.org/kernel/ and let me know if that makes a difference.
Note: -W is the development [UNSTABLE] kernel branch (more features but
less tested). There are also builds of updated stable (release branch
in cvs but not versioned releases) kernels here as well you may wish to try.
At first I thought maybe there is something wrong in the MBR. Used
...
QUESTIONS:
What distribution had kernel 1.1.34 on it?
Is that distribution still available?
I don't recall, probably original Beta9 or Beta8; all distributions from
Alpha5 are still available so yes it is available; however, it sounds
like all you need is the kernel, so I would recommended instead of
downloading the whole distribution to check the FreeDOS sourceforge site
and just download the kernel directly (easiest way to get a particular
released kernel).
Any suggestions about what I may be doing wrong. I'm not a DOS expert
by any means.
sounds like you hit a kernel bug, testing to see if it is fixed in
current kernels would be of great help
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Robert
Jeremy
-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language
that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast
and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory!
http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642
_______________________________________________
Freedos-user mailing list
Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
