Hi Michael, >> FreeDOS HIMEM 64 3.12 ... >> Interface : XMS 3.00 80386 4G >> HIMEM - BIOS A20 method used >> Kernel: allocated 41 Diskbuffers = 21812 Bytes in HMA > > Umm, that's past HIMEM, actually. Look at whatever comes next in the > CONFIG file.
That's true! But it really seems to depend on the version of HIMEM, not anything else - I've swapped kernels, shells, etc, and it still only freezes when I uses HIMEM 3.12. Here's my config.sys file: ----------------------------------------------------- DEVICE=A:\DRIVERS\HIMEM.EXE SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM A:\ /E:1024 /MSG /P=A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT DOSDATA=UMB DOS=HIGH,UMB FILES=20 BUFFERS=20 LASTDRIVE=Z SET BOOTDISK=A: SET DIRCMD=/p /ogn SET LANG=EN ----------------------------------------------------- When I do an F8, I get this: ----------------------------------------------------- FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.35w (build 2035w-UNSTABLE, Nov 30 2005) Kernel ... Copyriht .... NO WARRANTY... DOSDATA=UMB[Y,n]?Y DOS=HIGH,UMB[Y,n]?Y FILES=20[Y,n]?Y BUFFERS=20[Y,n]?Y LASTDRIVE=Z[Y,n]?Y DEVICE=A:\DRIVERS\HIMEM.EXE[Y,n]?Y FreeDOS HIMEM64 3.12 [Sep 11 2005] (c) 1995, Till Gerken 2001-2005 tom ehlert HIMEM - BIOS A20 method used Kernel: allocated 41 Diskbuffers = 21812 Bytes in HMA SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM A:\ /E:1024 /F /MSG /P=A:=AUTOEXEC.BAT[Y,n]?Y SET BOOTDISK=A:[Y,n]?Y SET DIRCMD=/p /ogn[Y,n]?Y SET LANG=EN[Y,n]?Y ----------------------------------------------------- .. and then it freezes. Clearly, it's freezing when it's launching autoexec.bat, but the it doesn't even get to the first @ECHO OFF command. Maybe my config.sys file is weird? Any thoughts? Andrew -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Greenberg - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 503.788.1343 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user