I am having exactly the same problem (Invalid Opcode at HIMEMX line) with a
laptop from the same era. FreeDOS 1.1 installed without problems. I was
using the 1.2 standard CD. I plan to try the 1.2 legacy CD tonight to see
if that makes a difference. (Is there a description of the differences
between the standard and legacy installation CDs somewhere?)
Tony
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 7:05 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 4:43 PM, <userbeit...@abwesend.de> wrote:
> >
> > I tried to boot FreeDOS 1.2 on my 2005 PC, specs:
> >
> > It is the FD12CD.ISO image, booted from CD-R. I chose "Install" and used
> > F8 to diagnose the problem.
> >
> > DEVICE=\FDSetup\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE stalls the system. It infinitely repeads:
> >
> > Invalid Opcode at 0FAE 1068 0046 0001 0002 0000 0200 0000 0000 0183 0000
> > 4200 0001
> >
> > Skipping HIMEMX.EXE lets me continue with installation.
>
> I wonder if you somehow have a corrupted .iso download. Did you verify
> the md5sum? Also, what speed did you burn the CD-R? Slower (4x?) is
> presumably better. Even once burned, what is the md5sum of the
> HIMEMX.EXE file?
>
> Sure, it's possible that your machine somehow doesn't like HIMEMX
> (which seems strange). Who knows, it could be some subtle
> incompatibility due to BIOS (maybe?? turn off "Legacy USB"??).
>
> Or you may wish to try a different version (e.g. 3.32) just for
> comparison (or maybe even alternate drivers like FDXMS or XMGR).
>
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