m4mach schreef: > hi all > > I have a problem running FreeDOS with himem/emm386 on a custom size floppy > image (8640 kB) I use memdisk to emulate the floppy. > Is a (compressed?) version of your floppy image available? don't need the full contents (might be proprietary parts), just the FreeDOS related parts. If you prefer, you can mail it to me, or make it somewhere available on a webserver.
> I've tested 4 situations: > > 1. kernel on 2880 kB floppy image = works > 2. kernel on 8640 kB floppy image = works > 3. kernel + himem/emm386 on 2880 kB floppy = works > 4. kernel + himem/emm386 on 8640 kB floppy = ERROR > Which kernel exactly? the FreeDOS 1.0 kernel with support for pre-i80386 processors and FAT32? Also which versions of EMM386 and HIMEM? Latest development versions are available from Japheth's website ( http://www.japheth.de/Jemm.html ), it might be worthwile trying those :). Also which Syslinux flavor are you using? (syslinux, isolinux, extlinux, pxelinux?), which version of it and which Memdisk version? > In 4th situation the system hangs (freezes) just after emm386 shows all > inforamtions about memory he found , there is no any error - everything > looks fine. I suspect some collision between emm386 and memdisk (as it is > floppy size problem = memory problem). I've tested a lot of himem/emm386 > switches but no luck. > I've seen loading hang occasionally right after the 'Buffers in HMA' message from the kernel. Does loading only the HIMEM program work for you? Pressing F8 allows to skip drivers (singlestepping). > I can add that JEMMEX works fine in all 4 cases, but that is not a solution > I'm looking for. > Why would you not want to use this version? Maybe Japheth would be willing to locate the exact issue between old EMM386 and Memdisk. License is the same for JEMM386 and EMM386, as JEMM386 is a more advanced/developed version of EMM386, based on that same EMM386 (which in turn is a tremendous development achievement by Tom Ehlert and Michael Devore, based on an old driver). > I use the last stable versions of all software (but also tried older > himem/emm386 - without any change) > > I've got some help from memdisk side (mailing list), but without final > solution > Here is my mail, the answer and more details: > http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2007-July/008882.html > I'm subscribed there, keeping up with all things related to FreeDOS, ReactOS, Syslinux and Linuxbios :) Anyway, your mail is another reason for releasing an updated FreeDOS sometime, whoever is willing to do so :) Bernd ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
