[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef:
Hi All:
OK, I'm confused. I want to try to get NTFS4DOS working from a
bootable CD and loaded into high memory (using DEVICEHIGH).
My first attempt was a failure and resulted in an "out of
memory" error. I forget the exact message.
Despite me also sending a CC to the authors of this NTFS4DOS program,
please do send any responses only to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Don't want to harrass a commercial company :)
I don't have experience with actually working with NTFS4DOS, only with
getting it to run. Below are the configuration files I have used, with
maximum options selected by the Windows installation program.
Also I have no experience yet with getting it to load into XMS or UMBs,
using EMM386 or UMBPCI [http://www.uwe-sieber.de/umbpci_e.html]
The software company which has released NTFS4DOS as 'freeware for
non-commercial goals/usage' should be able to offer a diskette image of
their program for download based on FreeDOS components, but so far they
have not opted to do so.
I might be able to integrate the configuration files into the FreeDOS
distribution, but that's not much of a help to you right now :)
NTFS4DOS.EXE seems to shutdown all access to XMS, as it loads the shell
again (a child process) that uses 80KB of conventional memory instead of
3KB + XMS.
The "chkdsk.exe" program the firm supplies, is incompatible with the
FreeDOS kernel. No idea why actually. So, I skip this program if FreeDOS
is loaded (or actually, Freecom, the FreeDOS command.com)
I don't know if NTFSDOS works with older MSDOS versions. It loads
properly on MSDOS 6.xx, but if it actually works is yet to be determined.
older DOS versions (5.00 for example) do not understand the config.sys
menu system, but are accepted by the windows NTFS4DOS installation program.
As I'm not that company, and thus not the author of NTFS4DOS program, I
can't offer a ready2run diskette image based on FreeDOS components.
Besides, my bootdisk has a dualboot between systemfiles of both MSDOS
7.10 and Fdos.
I've renamed menu labels to digits, as that's the only menuing system
that FreeDOS understands, and that also works in MSDOS
Installation file for Windows available from
http://www.datapol.de/dpe/freeware/index.html
FreeDOS files available from www.freedos.org and www.fdos.org/kernel
Contents of configuration files follows below.
regards,
Bernd Blaauw
*** autoexec.bat (common for all DOS)
@echo off
if exist vtmode.com vtmode.com
if "%config%"=="3" A:\DFRGNTFS.EXE
if "%config%"=="2" A:\chkdskg.exe
if "%_CWD%"=="" chkdsk.exe
set ramd=
cls
NTFS4DOS.EXE /r2 %comspec% /K cpyrdcc.bat
*** config.sys (msdos 6.00 or higher, including Win95/98/ME):
[menu]
menuitem=1,NTFS4DOS
menuitem=2,Check Disk Utility
menuitem=3,Defragment NTFS
menudefault=1,20
[1]
[2]
[3]
[common]
device=a:\himem.sys
dos=high
files=100
LASTDRIVE=P
shell=a:\command.com a:\ /p
*** fdconfig.sys (FreeDOS specific, preferred over config.sys if present):
menu 1 - NTFS4DOS
menu 2 - Check Disk Utility
menu 3 - Defragment NTFS
menudefault=1,20
123?rem ;
device=a:\himem.exe
dos=high
files=100
LASTDRIVE=P
shell=a:\command.com a:\ /P
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