Booting without emm386 will work, to make emm386 to work you need the correct excludes X= or I= but don't ask me further.
After you got it running tell us how well Virtual PC works for your DOS apps / DOS games, how good is the soundblaster / vga / vesa implementation? Perhaps I've tested it in past but I do not remember. -mr Michael Horvath schrieb: > Hi! > > I am having trouble with FreeDOS on Virtual PC 2007. I am able to > install it OK, and two of the three (four?) boot options work. > > > > Option #2 (the default, and the one that doesn't work) results in the > following error: > > "Illegal instruction occured. > CS=FFFF IP=EEC3 SS=D0B4 SP=0004 ES=0070 > ...etc... > ...etc... > Aborting program > EMM386 - unable to continue - Please reboot=xxxx" > > The last four characters "xxxx" are a set of hexadecimal numbers that > are change several times each second. > > > > I am able to boot to the command prompt using options #1 and #3, but am > having trouble running software. For instance, I am trying to install > the video game "Out of this World", but receive the following errors > when running the installation program: > > "Line #1 in batchfile 'A:\INSTALL.BAT' too long" > > If I try to run the setup file directly I get this error: > > "Interrupt divide by zero, stack: > 091B 04e3 ... ..." > > > > I also am unable to read the SimCity installation disk in FreeDOS. I am > able to mount the drive and change drive letters, but when I try to > retrieve the directory contents using the DIR command I get this error: > > "Volume in drive A Error reading from drive A: DOS error: sector not found" > > > > Here are some details regarding my host system: > AMD Sempron 3000+ > 1.5GB RAM > Windows XP Home > GeForce 4 TI > Plenty of free hard disk space > Onboard sound/networking > Samsung DVD writer > SuperDisk IDE drive for reading floppies > > Details regarding my virtual system: > Virtual PC 2007 > 128MB RAM > 8MB video RAM > 1MB code cache > 1GB hard disk space > Video mode: Text mode, 640 x 400 x 0 > > > > I'd appreciate any help you could provide. > > -Mike > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
