[Freedos-kernel] Building kernel 2038, compiles fine but hangs during boot.
Hi all, I'm trying to build a version of kernel version 2038 and really need some help. All compiles well but the boot hangs after the FreeDOS print. I did put a diagnostic 0 output at the end of the /boot_success:/ label which shows correctly. However, I do not get the 123 from the kernel entry (kernel.asm) somewhere in between the code seems to hang. Anybody who can help me or has any idea where to start searching :-) ? Sincerely, Thomas -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
Re: [Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS kernel without any harddisk support.
Eric Auer wrote: You can manipulate initdisk.c, in particular BIOS_nrdrives() and the loops from 0 to nHardDisk to make FreeDOS ignore all your harddisks. For compilation, you should have NASM, UPX and the OpenWatcom C compiler. A tiny distro of the latter should be on http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/ somewhere... :-). You can get the current sources via SVN, of download the 2038 zip if a somewhat older kernel is acceptable for you. I downloaded the 2038 version, the most recent nasm dos version at the most recent openwatcom compiler. I get things to compile without any error, sys the version to a floppy and reboot but it hangs after showing FreeDos This is the case with either Bochs as with a regular boot. I did not modify the original sources ... I tried to put a diagnostic printf in de main.c but it wasn't called. It looks a bit like the entry point is never called. Should I use an older version of OpenWatcom (instead of 1.8) or a specific NASM version ? Thanks in advance, Thomas Eric -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
[Freedos-kernel] FreeDOS kernel without any harddisk support.
Hi, I'm building a freeware HDD disk wiper, checking and cloning application. It runs fine with FreeDos except that I get some errors messages when a disk is not partitioned. Since I'm not relying on any DOS calls for HDD access and the nature of the program I would prefer the kernel would not touch the HDDs at all. Just 1.44MB floppy support will do since I am going to distribute the program as an 1.44 MB image for floppy or bootable CD use. Is there such a kernel version available (I couldn't find it) or can somebody help me to modify it ? Thanks in advance, Thomas -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
