Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
On Wed, 03 May 2006 16:48:04 -0400, you wrote: Hi Mark, >Thanks very much. I'll have Steve try to trace the problem. >I am rather DOS illiterate, I'm afraid. What do you mean by >"Will the SCSI base address conflict?" Do you think the BIOS >grabs some high memory that emm386 might affect? The >current fdconfig.sys loads emm386 without any options: SCSI usually use base address 0x330, I've experience failure when putting too much peripherals cards into the chassis. Maybe Steve can try changing the address, and see if the error happening again. >device=emm386.exe > >Thanks for your help. try: device=himem.sys device=emm386.exe noems x=test stacks=9,256 if still not working, try FDXXMS.SYS + UMBPCI.SYS. Sorry but no more QHIMEM for test. Rgds, Johnson. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
At 09:07 PM 5/3/2006 -0400, you wrote: Steve tells me it works without emm386 loaded, but fails with X=test and NOVDS. Is there any way to debug this remotely? Separately fails with each option, or just together? No remote debugging that low-level on DOS. Looks like he might have one of those elusive SCSI machines I've been trying to track down, though. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
Michael Devore wrote: At 04:48 PM 5/3/2006 -0400, Mark Bailey wrote: Thanks very much. I'll have Steve try to trace the problem. I am rather DOS illiterate, I'm afraid. What do you mean by "Will the SCSI base address conflict?" Do you think the BIOS grabs some high memory that emm386 might affect? The current fdconfig.sys loads emm386 without any options: device=emm386.exe I do not recommend a no-option approach if there are any problems suspected or flagrant. At a minimum the X=TEST option should be present. You can also try NOVDS in case there is a SCSI conflict. Hello, all: Steve tells me it works without emm386 loaded, but fails with X=test and NOVDS. Is there any way to debug this remotely? Mark Mark, Some encouraging news for a change. The machine boots to c: if i REM out the device=emm386.exe line in fdconfig.sys. I tried device=emm386.exe X=TEST and device=emm386.exe X=TEST NOVDS in fdconfig.sys but got the same boot error as before. I'm not a DOS expert by any means, but I recall something about extended memory manager and I suppose that's what emm386 must be. Where do I go from here? Can I live without emm386? Thanks for sticking with me on this. Steve K8JQ --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
At 04:48 PM 5/3/2006 -0400, Mark Bailey wrote: Thanks very much. I'll have Steve try to trace the problem. I am rather DOS illiterate, I'm afraid. What do you mean by "Will the SCSI base address conflict?" Do you think the BIOS grabs some high memory that emm386 might affect? The current fdconfig.sys loads emm386 without any options: device=emm386.exe I do not recommend a no-option approach if there are any problems suspected or flagrant. At a minimum the X=TEST option should be present. You can also try NOVDS in case there is a SCSI conflict. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
Hi Johnson: Thanks very much. I'll have Steve try to trace the problem. I am rather DOS illiterate, I'm afraid. What do you mean by "Will the SCSI base address conflict?" Do you think the BIOS grabs some high memory that emm386 might affect? The current fdconfig.sys loads emm386 without any options: device=emm386.exe Thanks for your help. Mark Johnson Lam wrote: On Wed, 03 May 2006 08:36:06 -0400, you wrote: Hi Mark, Booting FreeDOS with kernel version 1.1.35 gives me the following 8 line error message at the bottom of the screen when the boot process fails: Can you ask Steve press F8 and trace line by line? Or this happened before FreeDOS 2 sec pause? Will the SCSI base address conflict? Rgds, Johnson. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
On Wed, 03 May 2006 08:36:06 -0400, you wrote: Hi Mark, >Booting FreeDOS with kernel version 1.1.35 gives me the following 8 line error >message at the bottom of the screen when the boot process fails: Can you ask Steve press F8 and trace line by line? Or this happened before FreeDOS 2 sec pause? Will the SCSI base address conflict? Rgds, Johnson. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
Hi Michael: I will have Steve try removing himem.exe/emm386.exe from config.sys and running "naked.". He is not very knowledgeable about DOS and I don't have a SCSI computer, so this may be a slow process. He says he is seeing the following: - Booting FreeDOS with kernel version 1.1.35 gives me the following 8 line error message at the bottom of the screen when the boot process fails: Illegal Instruction occurred CS=14C2 IP= SS=14C2 SP=01DC DS= ES=0AEC EAX=8826 EBX=00760011 ECX= EDX=01F6 ESI= EDI= EBP=01F8 Opcodes @CS:IP 00 FE A2 9D 01 89 EC 5D Aborting program Bad or missing Command Interpreter: command.com /P /E:256 Enter the full shell command line: At that prompt I tried entering a:command.com and a:\command.com and got the "Bad or missing Command Interpreter / Enter the full shell command line" error message. Ditto for d:command.com and d:\command.com. Entering c:command.com or c:\command.com produces the 8 lines noted above. - So, it looks like C: is being recognized... THanks for your help! Mark Michael Devore wrote: At 09:04 PM 5/2/2006 -0400, Mark Bailey wrote: Bad or missing Command Interpreter Enter the full shell command line: command.com /P /E:256 The development kernel fixed the "Error in the DJ mechanism!" but still doesn't find the shell. Any suggestions? Is there a problem with SCSI drives? Does it successfully boot "naked" without memory managers loaded? --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
At 09:04 PM 5/2/2006 -0400, Mark Bailey wrote: Bad or missing Command Interpreter Enter the full shell command line: command.com /P /E:256 The development kernel fixed the "Error in the DJ mechanism!" but still doesn't find the shell. Any suggestions? Is there a problem with SCSI drives? Does it successfully boot "naked" without memory managers loaded? --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from a SCSI Hard Drive
Good day, all: Steve is trying to use my dual-boot procedure on a computer with a SCSI hard drive. The repartitioning went fine, as did the installation of FreeDOS. The installation was done with the "SYS" command booted from CD. When he first tried booting from the hard drive, he got this error: Error in the DJ mechanism! Error in the DJ mechanism! IO error: cylinder 1023 Bad or missing Command Interpreter Enter the full shell command line: command.com /P /E:256 The development kernel fixed the "Error in the DJ mechanism!" but still doesn't find the shell. Any suggestions? Is there a problem with SCSI drives? Thanks. Mark Bailey --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
