Hi Nicholas! Please be a bit more careful... > I've got xmsdsk set up to make a 32 MB RAMdisk. > When I try to do anything with said > ramdisk I get an error message, similar to "XMSDsk" or "MS-RAMDRIVE" and > "DOS PART: SECTOR NOT FOUND"
No helpful error description. Try using - other XMS drivers: FDXMS, FDXXMS, HIMEM, HIMEM64, DR-DOS EMM386 with builtin XMS driver... - other RAMDISK drivers: XMSDSK, TDSK, BITDISK, RAMDRIVE... > ... a way I can use FreeDOS's sys command to write > a floppy bootsector to say a file? SYS can write a boot sector to a file. Read the SYS /? output. SYS will be able to update the boot sector of a disk image, I hope. > ... I don't > know WHAT version of FreeDOS it is VER /R will help you. > FreeCom version 0.82 pl 3 XMS_Swap [Dec 10 2003 06:49:21] This is the newest stable version. There is an experimental 0.82pl3e, too. I think you tried something weird, like booting from ramdisk or creating a disk image by using the ramdisk. While this would be fun to do, I think it will not work with any DOS yet, nor with current DISKCOPY...!? The only known problem with ANY ramdisk for me is some possible kernel bug: When LCD (interactive change dir) touches the ramdisk, it crashes (returns to the prompt without changing dir). When a program like the Jazz Jackrabbit game which uses DPMI16BI is loaded and a ramdisk is merely present, the program crashes, too. I think FreeDOS does not support some sort of "get disk status" for RAMDISKs yet, or maybe something bad is happening with XMS and A20. Sorry, I could not find out what exactly causes the problem, but it has been like that for a long time :-(. Maybe somebody with several XMS drivers and ramdisks or even an EMS ramdisk and a protected mode software compatible EMM386 and some creativity can find out more. Eric. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
