Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 still have compatibility problem

2004-07-19 Thread Johnson Lam
Hello Michael and Tom, When I install the SBLIVE 5.1 and try the SBLIVE 5.1 driver for DOS (SBINIT.COM), it fail to load the large file to the upper memory (according to the README, should be XMS). I switch back to M$-DOS HIMEM+EMM386 it works! Then maybe the driver ask for memory but fail to get

Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 still have compatibility problem

2004-07-19 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Johnson Lam schreef: Hello Michael and Tom, When I install the SBLIVE 5.1 and try the SBLIVE 5.1 driver for DOS (SBINIT.COM), it fail to load the large file to the upper memory (according to the README, should be XMS). I switch back to M$-DOS HIMEM+EMM386 it works! Then maybe the driver ask for mem

Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 still have compatibility problem

2004-07-19 Thread Johnson Lam
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:59:22 +0200, you wrote: Hi Bernd, I use a MS-DOS 6.22 floppy (Bart's Network boot) to boot and run the SBINIT, SBSET and it works. >static: >*MSDOS kernel (io.sys/msdos.sys) >*MS command.com >*SB-Live! driver(s) SBLive driver didn't change anything, just swap between MS-D

Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 compatibility problem (test result)

2004-07-19 Thread Johnson Lam
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:59:22 +0200, you wrote: Hello Bernd, Michael and Tom, >approving the FD-EMM386 under an all-MS environment is step #1, and then >getting the sound driver to work under FreeDOS is step2 Got the answer. Sorry it's not "full" test combination ... UMBPCI automatically disqua

Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 compatibility problem (test result)

2004-07-19 Thread Michael Devore
At 10:40 PM 7/19/2004 +0800, you wrote: error: Could not allocate code/patch RAM below 4 Mbyte boundary. Try loading SBEINIT.COM before SMARTDRV.EXE or minimizing VDISK RAM. We had a short thread on this recently, but basically you have to give the SB memory in the 4M range. That me

[Freedos-devel] Hello again

2004-07-19 Thread Pat Villani
Hello everyone. Just subscribed to the mailing lists again. I haven't followed development for some time now, and I must say that the progress made since I've been gone is quite impressive. All the folks here should be proud. As for me, I'm going to just be lurking for a while. I have a proje

Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 compatibility problem (test result)

2004-07-19 Thread Johnson Lam
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:07:59 -0500, you wrote: Hi Michael, >>error: Could not allocate code/patch RAM below 4 Mbyte boundary. Try >>loading SBEINIT.COM before SMARTDRV.EXE or minimizing VDISK >>RAM. > >We had a short thread on this recently, but basically you have to give the >SB

Re: [Freedos-devel] Hello again

2004-07-19 Thread Johnson Lam
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 15:04:01 -0400, you wrote: Hi Pat, >Hello everyone. Just subscribed to the mailing lists again. Glad to see you back! >As for me, I'm going to just be lurking for a while. I have a project >in mind which may be based on FreeDOS, but haven't come to any decisions >yet. >

Re: [Freedos-devel] EMM386 compatibility problem (test result)

2004-07-19 Thread Michael Devore
At 09:34 AM 7/20/2004 +0800, Johnson Lam wrote: >>error: Could not allocate code/patch RAM below 4 Mbyte boundary. Try >>loading SBEINIT.COM before SMARTDRV.EXE or minimizing VDISK >>RAM. > >We had a short thread on this recently, but basically you have to give the >SB memory in the