Blair Campbell schreef:
> After finally resolving that Florian's hard disk trashing problem was
> related to LBACache, I think that 1.0 can be released as long as
> LBACache isn't loaded during the install process.
>
1 final test candidate then? With all discussions and patches on the
mailingli
Alain M. schreef:
> I believe that you are doing the right thing. A stable 1.0 is *very*
> important, just in my opinion, of course ;-)
>
A stable 1.0 is appreciated, for how the public judges on FreeDOS. For
other people it however counts as "hey now we got a stable base platform
we can exte
Eric Auer schreef:
> Hi all,
>
> for extra fun, I traced through the installer batch
> files in the new fdbasecd (1.0 preview 2 cdrom iso)
> tonight... The new ISOLINUX 3.11 still did not like
> me (hangs on boot), but I could again use the special
> boot diskette... The cdrom driver liked my dvd d
Florian Xaver schreef:
> Blair Campbell wrote:
>
>> What do you mean "doesn't work"?
>>
>> On 7/23/06, Florian Xaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Another problem: "set path=C:\something;c:\something2" doesn't work...
>>>
>
>
Let's hope another release will be uploaded today o
Blair Campbell schreef:
> I didn't see anyone thank me for fixing some bugzilla bugs...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
>
Thanks Blair (and yes, thursday/friday I was at my own PC, no SMTP there
somehow)
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Blair Campbell schreef:
JPSoft says that they'll be releasing the source code later this year.
Whether or not it should replace FreeCOM is a completely other
matter, especially since FreeCOM supports extra features that
everybody likes. (like %_CWD% for example)
4DOS supports the same, but there'
David O'Shea schreef:
Hi all,
I recall some discussions about HTML Help not being maintained anymore so I
was wondering how I would go about contributing an updated help page for MEM
such that it's integrated into the latest HTML Help download.
Geraldo collects HTML pages,
alternatively, the
Blair Campbell schreef:
Hi. Just trying to clean-up the 1.0 todo list a little. Does
everybody agree to take /M off the todo list for SHSUCDX? Move it to
post-1.0? Remove altogether (for a cache, CDRCACHE can be used
anyways)
agreed, /M has no use, as Jason found out. Most drives currently
Robert Riebisch schreef:
Then we have to convince him. :-) CD burning is currently a pain in DOS
and relies on closed source or even copyrighted software (OAK ASPI,
wnaspi32.dll, www.goldenhawk.com). I think another driver (XASPI?) built
on top of XCDROM would be of great help. :-)
it's the o
Hereby I'd like to wish the entire FreeDOS community a happy new year.
2006 will be the year of "FreeDOS 1.0 final", with preview releases
coming out soon.
all the best,
Bernd
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Blair Campbell schreef:
Hi. Just wanted to let everyone know that I quickly made some
modifications to the text install program that causes it to create
FDPKG-compatible zip lists on the install disk that will later allow
removal of packages if there was a package installed on the system
that a
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
Fnd what this char shoukd show?
Nothing, just a marker for where buffers would start (until top of HMA).
Strangely MEM /A does mention "11KB" free in HMA, but to my knowledge
the kernel fills remaining HMA space entirely with buffers if DOS=HIGH.
Bernd
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David O'Shea schreef:
Hi Bernd, Eric, all,
Were any of the bugs I created/propagated resolved while I was away or were
any other changes made? I want to get back to fixing bugs but want to make
sure I'm working with the latest sources.
Nothing changed.
Items to do:
-the "files=" has non-NLS
Kenneth J. Davis schreef:
But seriously, any suggestions to improve it (both in function or
style) are welcome. In may latest versions (0.5.x) I've gone back to
just MASM/TASM form (I
0.5.x? Must be quite some advancement then in a private development tree.
out of curiosity which version of at
Michael Devore schreef:
I'll make Nomyso automate a couple more of the current manual ops,
although slight hand massage will likely remain necessary, and then
release a Nomyso 2.5, or 3.0, or 3.14159 or something.
Nomyso pie? (ehm..PI).
Bernd
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Aitor Santamaría Merino schreef:
That was all for the time being, relpies? :-)
yes. Backup current Bugzilla items and start with an empty database, so
bugs are reported against either:
*Beta9 Service Release 2 (out now)
*FreeDOS 1.0-preview1 (planned for this Christmas)
I'll see which bugs I c
//wiki.fdos.org/Distribution/Beta9SR2readme
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Michael Devore schreef:
Nah, think of it as a commitment filter. If a person can't be
bothered to make a small download to get Perl for the conversion, how
much effort do you think they'd put into coding and debugging the
source files? Besides, Perl is multi-platform and pretty darn useful
o
Michael Devore schreef:
Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386 are the
files emmx208.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly executable package (EXEs
compressed via mutant UPX), and emms208.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly
source package. Nomyso version 2.0 was uploaded to
ftp://ftp.devoresoftwar
Johnson Lam schreef:
THE QUESTION is: I wish to add error level = 1 format terminated ok, but
floppy has bad sectors. Anyone has a comment about that?
You mean the new error level 1 is: format terminated successfully.
No. Format will in normal mode still behave the same as MS-FORMAT,
i
David O'Shea schreef:
Hi all,
Sorry, some bad news. I will not be able to get all the changes to
MEM done before I lose Internet access. I will be offline for about 3
weeks starting at the end of this week. I will make a partly messy
snapshot of the sources available before I go, but the k
Aitor Santamaría Merino schreef:
I have incidentally visited the [EMAIL PROTECTED] page, and I've seen their new
redesign, I don't know since when it's there, but wow! It definitely
needed it, and it's cute now, at least to my eyes.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5109
Loo
Alain schreef:
What is the standard directory and files layout for a FreeDOS program?
I just want to make a release of XDEL.
It may be simple to just point me to a program that I can follow as an
example, no need to lenghty explanations. I just don't want to pick a
wrong one ;-)
\BIN\*.*
\DOC
tom ehlert schreef:
as a GPL site note:
GPL 4 should probably contain some statement, that you mustn't only
give sources, but also a WORKING description HOW to compile these
sources into a binary ;)
side note for GPL5: free compilers? :)
I think Jeremy's descript.ion support has to be
Alain schreef:
What sould I do? If I use SUPPL, would I get a bigger FreeCOM?
I will stop trying until I understand what to do...
Suppl is required somehow, but you have the choice of compiling it each
time again, or use a precompiled version (which the file SKIP is for).
Good luck trying to
Johnson Lam schreef:
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for improving kernel, last time I use an old kernel (Jul) so
have COPY CON blah.txt (CTRL-Z) problem, but this seems OK in (Oct)
build.
That wasn't Jeremy, see the commit details from 2005-10-22
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=freedos
Alain schreef:
FreeDOS has a nasty behaviour: if I issue "DIR A:" and I get an error
(Abort/Rety/Ignore/Fail) if I hit Abort or Fail, it does not abort but
keeps asking again. That is in latest unstable, with older freecom it
hangs forever.
Is this a kernel bug, a FreeCOM issue or is it unhea
Michael Devore schreef:
Version 2.07 of EMM386 fixes an error in its upper memory handler
which causes crashes when attempting to free an upper memory block.
Specifically, this caused problems when trying to unload CTMOUSE via
its /U option. HIMEM has a few minor source changes, but the binar
Diego Rodriguez schreef:
Will it work with 80286 processors ?? Why doesn't work with 8086 ones
??
MEM still has some 386-specific machine instructions which are not
present in earlier processor generations
(386 is 32bit CPU, older is 16bit CPU). Or the queries for XMS are not
protected by 'i
Blair Campbell schreef:
BTW, most of the code was written by me, (some taken from the Public
Domain) and I would appreciate people verifying that I have
implemented the functions correctly, as I am inexperienced with using
DOS interrupts.
Blair,
can you tell something about file size, memory
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
fv> But what we grief - I was can't ukrainize FreeCOM to check my translation.
Unfortunately, I can't help you in this, because never recompile
FreeCOM and don't known with its structure.
get file
http://fdos.org/AutoIndex/index?dir=kernel/&file=cmd8086.HEAD.E
Diego Rodriguez schreef:
There is a small problem in DEVLOAD: in the umb routine there is a
version check and a comparison betwen 5 and AH contents, but the mayor
number is in AL not in AH (so it fails under PC DOS 5.0x and 7.0 and
works under 3.30)
Should be:
umb: ...
MOV AH, 30h
CMP AL, 5
...
Freewolle Voluntar schreef:
Greet all! Have's problem with Keyb - after switch to entering the
ukrainian symbols (after use commands:
Now, what's wrong with the FreeCOM language file mentioned in your
message subject?
Bernd
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Freewolle Voluntar schreef:
Greet all! Have's problem with Keyb - after switch to entering the
ukrainian symbols (after use commands:
DISPLAY.EXE CON=(EGA,,1)
MODE.COM CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((1125) EGA4.CPX)
MODE.COM CON CODEPAGE SELECT=1125
KEYB UR,1125,UR.KL
), and pressing the left Alt + righ
Diego Rodriguez schreef:
Hi!
I have found (fixed?) some problems in MOVE (when moving directory
trees and when you specify a drive as destination), but I cannot
contact the author Does anybody know his current email address ??
Thanks a lot.
It's not known where the author is currently.
htt
Mark Bailey schreef:
Unfortunately, neither VIDE-CDD nor OAKCDROM are freely
redistributable.
Eltorito.sys is freely redistributable
(http://www.nu2.nu/eltorito/) but neither
open source nor supported. :-( It also
works slightly differently.
Mark
I'm pretty sure ELTORITO.SYS also isn't fre
Mark Bailey schreef:
Is this enough information to get you started?
I'm sure Bernd will weigh in shortly...
Mark
if you insist :)
Paul, you're using a cdrom for MAME. CDroms use no-emulation, floppy
emulation (read-only) or harddisk emulation (read-only) traditionally.
There's no way to ac
ng a great job at
improving HIMEM and EMM386.
Some projects are left untouched, like HTMLHELP, SCANDISK, DEFRAG,
BACKUP, and more.
Later,
Joe
later Joe. As I think this message of yours was caused by EDIT 0.7d
versus EDIT 0.82 : Ehere can I download v0.82 from your website?
Ian Anderson schreef:
source to boot. That said, it currently uses /dev/mem to get to the DMI
I can't find any DMI utility, maybe on a motherboard companion cdrom?
best chance for a DOS util might be to contact ASUS or something.
Only thing I found is the spec site: http://www.dmtf.org/home
//[T.0.P]// schreef:
I need at least 560KB of the largest executable memory program size
and at least 2KB of upper memory block. It's kind of hard because I'm
using a cd-rom drive, a mouse, sound card drivers, and I have
Microsoft Network Client 3.0(MSNC 3.0) Installed which takes a big chunk.
Michael Devore schreef:
I understand he is using those options. However, the X=A000-EFFF to
avoid reboot remark is new information. That clearly indicates an upper
memory conflict, either mapping out of a critical area or a VDS-related
situation.
The minimizing suggestions should be tested
David O'Shea schreef:
Fixed, I put a download link for the existing releases on
there and mentioned that they are pretty much identical to what is in
CVS. I also put an "alpha" version on there which is my code in its
current state which I think is not too bad..
not too bad at all, indeed.
Blair Campbell schreef:
There was an outdated mkzftree.exe compiled, so I updated it to 1.06.
If anyone wants it, e-mail me.
BTW, if anyone doesn't know what mkzftree is, it is a tool to work
with zisofs trees.
and if anyone doesn't know what zisofs trees are?
Anyway, to my knowledge it's GPL
hello David, thanks for your response.
David O'Shea schreef:
Having all of my notes on a web page that everyone can see,
and using a tool which is very quick to edit those nodes so that I am
more likely to keep them up-to-date, will be of great benefit to
everyone when I suddenly disappea
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef:
Well, I don't know what a particular program would do.
I just know that there are interrupt functions to obtain POINTERS to font data in memory
(a parameter specifies whether the program wants the 8x8 the 8x14 or the 8x16 font:
my problem is that I cannot give the th
Blair Campbell schreef:
I couldn't find a cabextract DOS port anywhere, so I ported it myself,
with minimal effort. If anyone wants the binary for testing, just
e-mail me.
Blair Campbell
I'd be interested. How large is the binary?
I assume it's the same cabextract as mentioned at this page?
h
David O'Shea schreef:
I put a bunch of notes at http://wiki.fdos.org/Main/Mem I have done
just about everything except /FREE (should be simple like /MODULE since
it just means filtering the list) and your suggestion of /NOSUMMARY
(should be easy too of course). I have also not done any work o
Blair Campbell schreef:
There is an option in crynwr.bat which says to load a VMWare
compatible packet driver. Use this.
OK, I confess, I'm blind! :)
VMware's emulated network card is also PCI, can't you use PCISLEEP with
the output I sent? Same for Bochs (NE2000?) and QEMU (same?) if they
a
Blair Campbell schreef:
BTW, I am also looking for translators of my ISO.
which parts to be translated?
You've done a tremendous effort in getting a full and uptodate usable
live cdrom. Congratulations :)
I've shamelessly copied some features from your ISO.
1) download VIDE-CDD.SYS from the
Alain schreef:
I don need them. But the fact is that if one exist in a bach file, it
will be included in the variable and needed for further test. And old
baches work. If you remove it, it will stop working.
we aim to mimic other command interpreters, not to keep compatible with
old/ancient F
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
Hi!
1-Авг-2005 18:03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alain) wrote to
freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net:
I think, leading spaces should be eliminated, to prevent possible user
confusions.
A> NO PLASE: WHAT IS THE COMPTIBILITY FOR THIS. Any change would break many
A> batch
Eric Auer schreef:
About SYS itself:
-fat16 and fat32 bootsector not working.
WHAT? You mean you cannot boot FreeDOS from anything else than
a FAT12 drive at the moment? Sounds very bad...
Then it should be made absolutely clear that people have to use
the old stable SYS version, along with e
Alain schreef:
I said not long ago that running windows on FreeDOS is not a real test,
let me explain why: Windows at some point included some very complicated
locking mechanism to *avoid* windows running other DOSes.
well, Windows 3.x and DOS were separate products at the time.
DR-DOS can run
Eric Auer schreef:
DEFRAG was taken off the list, because so many freeware / shareware /
commercial defraggers exist - or because many people run FreeDOS in a
DOS emulator like VMWare or DOSemu, and defraggers aren't needed...
Jim means defraggers for DOS? FreeDOS may still aim at the embedded
Alain schreef:
Hi all,
as per Eric's suggestion I changed the subject (as I didn't get any
reply :(( ). Please Help, I had to remove FreeDOS from my first willing
user. I would like to put it back
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I just removed FreeDOS from my first real user. I believe that this is
bug 1886 is a simple/trivial 'blocker'.
MSDOS COMMAND does start on next line when hitting ENTER,
FreeCOM adds a newline firstn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click
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Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
Hi!
25-Июл-2005 19:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Blaauw) wrote to
freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net:
BB> CMD.EXE: 4 bestand(en)2.557.292 bytes
BB> W2KSP4-NL 7 map(pen) 30.550.196.224 bytes beschikbaar
BB> FreeCOM4 file(s)
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
Easy. (Manually) create file descript.ion with contents like:
file1.ext file description
file2.exe my beloved program
in directory, where lies file1.ext and file2.exe.
I mean it's probably not compiled into Jeremy's binary releases
Probably should test that, as
Johnson Lam schreef:
Hi,
Jack R. Ellis have message:
hi Jhonson, thanks for reporting Jack's email.
I guess he's silently reading the freedos mailinglists after all :)
(maybe only even through the sourceforge or freedos.org webmail system)
However, it's enough to keep this only on the develop
Johnson Lam schreef:
If you and Bernd both using PPPoE without a router, of course it's not
possible to login. Seems nobody make a program for DOS, like Robert
Schlabbach's RASPPPoE (http://www.raspppoe.com).
I'm using a router (192.168.1.1 internal address), behind it a PC
(192.168.1.x) and V
Blair Campbell schreef:
Hi. I am requesting that everyone with a little spare time and a PCI
network card that works with a clearly redistributable packet driver
(in the licence, like a crynwr packet driver), to email me their
PCIsleep output and either tell me what driver it works with if it is
Alain schreef:
I would like LH to be Accepted(!) by FreeCOM, even if functionality
behind this command has been disabled.
???
It is working here! Is this new?
it's disabled for the 8086+ XMS-swapping version of Freecom 0.84PRE.
Otherwise FreeCOM wouldn't compile.
Bernd
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Alain schreef:
I agree with this, and if simplicity in the number of versions
available is an issue, have 386+ and 8088 versions (being 286+
optimized is ok whenever possible, and whenever the differences
between the 286-optimized and 386-optimized versions are small.
Furthermore, this is somet
Alex Buell schreef:
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Eric Auer wrote:
Apart from, of course, detecting the master environment location in
RAM and tweaking the contents there in place.
So, what's the best way to find the master environment location then?
what are you planning to do with it then?
if yo
Alex Buell schreef:
I do wonder if FreeDOS Kernel build 2034b will work with MS-DOS 6.22
COMMAND.COM...
FreeDOS kernel has a VERSION= statement for config.sys.
I don't know if it's executed before or after loading the shell.
MS COMMAND.COM from win98 runs on freedos fat32-enabled kernel, which
Blair Campbell schreef:
I would like to see a shorter beep when autocompleting filenames, as
the beep is too long and actually causes it to be faster sometimes to
type the filename out.
I would like LH to be Accepted(!) by FreeCOM, even if functionality
behind this command has been disabled. t
Eric Auer schreef:
Well it worked for me, but I tested by typing LABEL C: enter
and then typing the label when prompted. Maybe FreeCOM
compressed the spaces on the LABEL command line, you should
try LABEL C: "TEST TEST" of similar... Anyway, my test result
is that VOL displays the label with the
s true
works
fix: IF: bug#1885, fix if exists on system/hidden files {Erwin Veermans}
fix: LH: fix wrong errorlevel returned when program goes resident {KJD}
not sure this was fixed properly, I forgot the testcase
fix: default.lng: typos and misc corrections {Bernd Blaauw}
not updated w
Kenneth J. Davis schreef:
Please test, assuming no major issues pop up in the next few days, this
weekend I will be making a new official FreeCom release.
* I would like to get my hands on critstrs.exe to test my DUTCH.ERR
translation
* Text files might be outdated, I'll test tomorrow (fixstr
tom ehlert schreef:
BUILD.BAT or similar, so I don't have to figure out how to compile
(Masm,Nasm,Tasm,...) and how it was compressed
Tom
maybe should be in the asm code a line with how to compile?
nasm -o devload.com devload.asm
upx --best --8086 devload.com
Does anyone know any dos-version
Eric Auer schreef:
This sucks. Release an update. You have had the binary for months.
And I do not care whether the binary has a mismatch with the
sources / whether you only have PATCHES instead of updated SOURCES
or not. Just release that thing. Jeremy can help you to release
updated SOURCES aft
Blair Campbell schreef:
When using EMM386 there is a problem with help where help either
reboots or gives an error and locks-up the machine. It could be a
problem with the kernel, though, because the problem goes away when I
don't use DOS=HIGH. I am using the latest development kernel.
this i
Roberto Mariottini schreef:
Hi,
on http://www.mariottini.net/freedos/english.html you can find a new
version of italian translations for FreeCOM, updated to the version
1.34 (1.35 has only minor modifications).
I've posted them months ago, but nobody did commit them.
I didn't thank you for
Johnson Lam schreef:
I think it SHOULD BE optimized for 386 CPU, that means priority is
386, then have a 8086/286 version for users still using old PC's.
generally the term 'optimized' means 'works only for/on', which I find
very bad. Proper 'optimize' should mean 'has additional features or
Kenneth J. Davis schreef:
What features in command.com would people like to see implemented?
Please provide reference to full syntax and example usage.
*RD /S , works kinda like deltree
*FOR /D, takes directories as input
FOR /D ( * ) do if exist %%x\win.com set Windir=%%x
*CTTY file , redir
Kenneth J. Davis schreef:
Bernd Blaauw wrote:
Kenneth J. Davis schreef:
I have updated my daily FreeCom builds so there are now two sets.
The cmdxms* files are same as before, 186+ xms-swap nearly all features.
Added cmd8086* files, 8086+ kernel-swap some features disabled.
I cannot count
Kenneth J. Davis schreef:
I have updated my daily FreeCom builds so there are now two sets.
The cmdxms* files are same as before, 186+ xms-swap nearly all features.
Added cmd8086* files, 8086+ kernel-swap some features disabled.
Jeremy, can you reduce the number of files which are downloadable?
ng, but not important enough yet.
with best regards,
Bernd Blaauw
* HIMEM.EXE /VERBOSE (shows commandline parameters)
FreeDOS HIMEM64 3.10 [May 02 2005] (c) 1995, Till Gerken 2001-2005 tom
ehlert
Interface : XMS 3.00 80386 4G
Extended memory host for FreeDOS (coordinates the usage of XM
Michael Devore schreef:
From: Michael Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jim Hall or Eric Auer usually handles this.
I'm working on a next FreeDOS distro, but it has already taken a few
months and might easily last till end of summer before it's done
properly, so we'll have to provide a bit outdate
Owen Rudge schreef:
I'm having a go at porting FreeCOM to WATCOM. But before I do that I'm
trying to get it to build with TC 1.01, without much joy. There seems
to be something wrong with SUPPL.TGZ, as UNTAR.EXE won't unpack it.
Any ideas?
Maybe a stupid question, but did you un-gzip it firs
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef:
I don't recall off hand what is new with the kernel, for stable only bugfixes I
think, and for dev I can't say off hand. The cvs logs (or cvs mailing list
archives) are the best place to look, but the history file within the kernel
source docs should give a good ind
Somehow freedos.org shows no news messages.
Can anyone confirm?
Bernd
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Christopher Evans schreef:
It seems to lock up at fat chain loader, anyone have idea of debug a
boot sector as it runs in realtime? This is a problem, getting a
working fat12 loader to load my kernel, cant work on kernel unless got
working loader and I run out of space in the file (512 limit).
Michael Devore schreef:
Notice that I am at off-development status for the summer. This
notice directly applies to the clown attempting to revive moribund
driver projects so as to locate a developer more pliable to his
personal software vision. The notice does not apply to bugfixes and
Free
Alain schreef:
FreeDOSMS-DOS7.10
No UDMA, no cacheR=1.4 W=1.4R=2.3 W=2.8
No UDMA, cacheR=1.3 W=1.4R=2.3 W=2.7
UDMA2, no cacheR=6.3 W=4.4R=54.2 W=16.0
UDMA2, cacheR=5.5 W=4.4R=39.5 W=15.7
FreeDOS kernel= , lbacac
Kenneth J. Davis schreef:
I have committed what I believe to be the fix for this, though I still
need to look into the FAT32 reserved sectors some more to make sure sys
does not need to do any other modifications. FYI the fix implemented:
just a check if FAT32 and if so also write the boot sec
Basil Holloway schreef:
Got this reply on forum and have not be able to locate the new Free Dos 9 help
file
to replace the existing copy on the download program.
"this is a known bug in htmlhelp program. We don't really know what
the cause is, but a recompiled version using kitten library instead
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
significant rewrite to regress the instruction set on all XMS 2.0 and
admin code down from 32-bit registers to 16-bit. Nowadays I would
For the microscopic percentage of 80286-level clients, just use
FDXMS286. Simple readily available solution. Fix it if it's broken,
n
Ehm, you guys mean something like this scheme?
Where 'N' mean the 'MS' component, 'Y' means FreeDOS component,
'/' means 'not in use'.
Component Component Component Smartdrive Win3.1 Win98
fd-kernel fd-himem fd-emm386 works? works? works?
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Michael Devore schreef:
For the record, I spent a good deal of last night doing nothing but
searching out, downloading, and testing old DOS applications on the
net which use EMS. Including a couple of really goofy ones. None of
them used EMS calls beyond the currently supported API. However,
Alain schreef:
He is seeking help to solve a problem USING FreeDOS! I am glad to see
that 1) it can be done, 2) he did get help ;-)
Which is why it should have been in freedos-user, I guess :)
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Michael Devore schreef:
However, I won't expend the necessary time and energy to go ahead on
the attempt unless you really want and could use a CONFIG.SYS loadable
MemTest version for FreeDOS. Otherwise, best to lean on Eric about
modifying the DOS command line EXE version he wrote to give the
Johnson Lam schreef:
I've never tried, but a test is necessary.
1) Prepare a bootable floppy disk image with CD-ROM driver in the
CONFIG.SYS
2) Prepare the flash program and BIOS data
3) Burn a bootable CD with floppy emulation with disk image above, and
put flash data in content
4) after bootup
Michael Devore schreef:
Alright, give me a day to look at their v1.50 source from memtest.org
site, which I assume is the same memtest we're talking about. Since the
application appears to not call any kernel stuff given that it
overwrites everything and normally lives in a boot sector, I don't
Michael Devore schreef:
Apparently. You can check with the SourceForge site to see. Anyway,
I'll repeat what I said, with minor expansions for clarity:
thanks for the sf.net hint. I occasionally use it, but did not know that
the sf.net lists were up to date. A few months ago they lagged behind
Eric Auer schreef:
That is their problem - DR DOS NWCACHE can use int 15 memory, it does
not need XMS at all :-P.
in what way is it a problem?
it's the same as cdrom access when having done a cleanboot form bootdisk
..it extends functionality at runtime (console/commandline) instead of
boottime (
Michael Devore schreef:
EMS specification method? You mean
.
???
do I receive only parts of email messages?
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Eric Auer schreef:
I wish you were using the config sys menu for many things, and I wish
you would do something like "read hints.txt, load or devload cdrom
drivers yourself, or pre-copy cdrom contents, go to cdrom or copy,
go to directory INSTALL, run INSTALL" instead of spending a lot of
time and
Michael Devore schreef:
I don't have a clue how this would work, but it sounds a terrible idea.
MS manages to pull it off (loading XMSMMGR.EXE), in order to load
Smartdrv on a clean booted system. Nothing advanced further on (EMM386
ofcourse won't work if no HIMEM loaded in config.sys).
Should
Arkady V.Belousov schreef:
May you point example of drivers/configs, which may/need to load
between himem and emm386?
I have UDMA2 (uses XMS) loading inbetween, for stability in VMware
emulator. I might disable that, but then I'll also have to disable
experimental VDS parameter.
device=hime
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