[Freedos-user] re: How to report a kernel bug?
Hm... why not ask on -kernel or at least on -devel? I have a machine where to reproduce this bug, or a similar one. It's a 286. Strangely enough, FreeDOS will boot from floppy and see C:, but will refuse to boot from there (locks at InitDisk I think, I haven't investigated into this). IF it locks in InitDisk then you will see the InitDisk string on the screen. If you do not, then you can try FDISK /MBR to replace the MBR program code by a fresh copy, and/or try a newer SYS version to install a newer bootsector on C:... If the MBR works right, then you should see at least the FreeDOS string displayed by the boot sector. If the boot sector works right, you should see, depending on how far you get, 123 or InitDisk or the drive list or the banner message, etc.! I seem to recall that Arkady has a tool to inspect the MBR and find possible problems, right? Arkady has BOOTFIX to analyze bootsectors. To analyze the MBR, use FDISK /SMBR [drive number, e.g. 1] to save the MBR to a boot.mbr file. You can also try MIRROR /PARTN ... or a debug script or other methods. Eric --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects Teams * Testing QA Security * Process Improvement Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] re: How to report a kernel bug?
Hi, alas Flo did not explain WHICH problem HE has with the partition scheme, but Mark's is either of the following: - FreeDOS gets confused by partition type 0xde (GAG boot loader??) - FreeDOS gets confused by partition type OS/2 boot menu hidden small FAT16 - FreeDOS crashes after showing a (to long, contains a lot of redundant information) warning if it runs into a partition that is outside CHS-space (after the first 1024 cylinders) but of a CHS-specific partition type - FreeDOS crashes after showing ... a warning if it runs into an extended partition that is outside CHS-space but marked as CHS-specific type Windows XP just seems to act like hey, the user will have MEANT to use a LBA-specific type in the latter two cases and continues without any more problems than using Windows XP causes anyway ;-). By the way, why is this thread on freedos-user? Eric PS: The either of the following is based on the MBR samples from Mark --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477alloc_id=16492op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] re: How to report a kernel bug?
Hi! Hi, alas Flo did not explain WHICH problem HE has with the partition scheme, but Mark's is either of the following: I have more or less the same problem. The FreeDOS dev. kernel (last version) told me the same like Mark's. Then i have problems with some files (invalid opcode). It is the case, if i boot via boot disc. And i have 2 disks...both produce this error. - FreeDOS gets confused by partition type 0xde (GAG boot loader??) - FreeDOS gets confused by partition type OS/2 boot menu hidden small FAT16 - FreeDOS crashes after showing a (to long, contains a lot of redundant information) warning if it runs into a partition that is outside CHS-space (after the first 1024 cylinders) but of a CHS-specific partition type Yes, i have this problem. - FreeDOS crashes after showing ... a warning if it runs into an extended partition that is outside CHS-space but marked as CHS-specific type If you need more info, ask. I don't think, that it will help you, if i would tell you the numbers of the errors. Bye, Flo --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477alloc_id=16492op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
