When I found http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/cnfigsys/fdconfig.htm I expected some way to discover its syntax, but the syntax link directs to look up individual commands. This seems a poor way do discover what I see in the initial fdconfig.sys file created by the FreeDOS installer, which is very broken and useless:
[FDCONFIG.SYS] !COUNTRY=001,858,C:\DOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS !SET DOSDIR=C:\DOS 1?DEVICE=C:\DOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG 2?DEVICE=C:\DOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE 2?DEVICE=C:\DOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME NOINVLPG 3?DEVICE=C:\DOS\BIN\XMGR.SYS 3?SHELL=C:\DOS\bin\4dos.com C:\DOS\bin /E:1024 /P:C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 4?SHELL=C:\DOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\DOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT When I boot, after the copyright notice is the following: C: HD1, Pri[ 2], CHS= 5-0-1, start= 39 MB, size= 243 MB D: HD1, Ext[ 2], CHS= 160-0-1, start= 1255 MB, size= 7 MB E: HD1, Ext[ 4], CHS= 161-0-1, start= 1262 MB, size= 250 MB F: HD1, Ext[ 5], CHS= 4797-0-1, start= 37628 MB, size= 509 MB Select from Menu [01234], or press [ENTER - Singlestepping (F8) is: OFF If I strike 0, I get: FreeCom version 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap [Aug 28 2006 00:29:00] File not found. C:\> If I strike 1, I get: JemmEx v5.75 [05/21/11] System memory found at e000-efff, region might be in use JemmEx loaded FreeCom version 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap [Aug 28 2006 00:29:00] File not found. C:\> Obviously the FDCONFIG.SYS options can be selected via [01234], but it would be nice to be able to see the boot menu and not have to blindly select from a hidden list of options instead of unhelpful partitioning info at boot time. Can someone suggest a URL that explains what I see and how to fix it? http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/big41L01.txt has system's partitioning and Grub boot info. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How fast is your code? 3 out of 4 devs don\\\'t know how their code performs in production. Find out how slow your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219672;13503038;z? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
