Bernd Blaauw wrote:
Oops - i forgot that Linux is going to label me as 'root' by default! Anyway... I'm surprised that it is so uncommon to run FD on an old PC. IMHO it seems ridiculous to install FreeDOS on your P4 side-by-side with Windows XP like so many other people do. I mean what DOS software is going to run properly on a 3Ghz CPU? Besides, what else are you going to do with your old PC's? They would bog down to a crawl even on early versions of Linux or FreeBSD, but FreeDOS is perfect.
Hello 'root',
FDXMS286 should have worked on your computer, and HIMEM probably should have refused to load at all, as it currently cannot handle 286.
Great to see someone who can actually test/experiment on pre386 equipment.
I do not know if there are any plans to make HIMEM compatible with 286 systems, but FDXMS286 is quite old though it should have worked properly.
Maybe a developer will be able to solve your problem.
regards,
Bernd
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This may be off the original topic, but I have to comment that the FreeDOS CD installer is HORRIBLE. It's so bug-ridden that it only works on newer systems, I've run it on eight different PC's and only Pentium II's and above don't crash the installer. Older PC's don't even get past the CWSDPMI mode switch without causing an exception trap. I am making my own batch file installer for floppy systems right now that doesn't require a CD-ROM or a 386, but I am hoping that someone will replace that installer in the future...
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