Hi :-) > I got Windows 3.1 running on Freedos using win /s, > the Msdos 6.2x himem.sys and the MSDOS 6.2x emm386.exe. > I also found out that share from freedos needs to be > loaded low.
I think WIN /S will even work with the freedos versions of HIMEM or HIMEMX, maybe even with JEMM386 as well. > Great, it ran. Trouble is, my mouse is on com4 and there > are no windows drivers for a logitech mouse on com4. Argh! You could plug it to another port or reconfigure your ports to get other numbers assigned... > Something I noticed, maybe because I'm using the unstable > kernel instead of the stable 2036 one, deltree doesn't work > anymore. Simple: If you only use WIN /S then you can use the stable 2036 or stable 2038 kernel. The latter is on http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/ as binary snapshot. There are a few pending improvements before 2038 can be put on "sourceforge file releases"... The sources already are on sourceforge in our svn, of course :-) > Realistically, someone should make a clone of Windows 3.1. > This makes more sense than making freedos unstable. Unstable is only needed for 386 enh mode or wfworkgroups. > Windows 3.1 isn't that heavy Depends... On the other hand, reactos and hxgui are strong. I do not think reactos is years away, in any case re-win3 from scratch would be even further away ;-). Not sure how heavy either will be - which hardware do you have in mind? > 3) There are many date problems and possibly other bugs. You could get a y2k fix download from microsoft a while ago. > 4) Freedos seems to become unstable when Windows 3.x is run > on top of it. In what way? I guess using dos apps and dos boxes inside freedos could indeed cause stability problems. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
