Maybe move the commands in autoexec config files On Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 5:08 PM Ron Mabry <rwma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Been awhile and I don't have access to a computer but what is c:\windows > /E:1024 > Isn't that telling windows now to use that mem as extended mem > ? Or what's the meaning of the e switch... again no computer fat fingers > hard to type, no batt. > > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 2:51 PM Michał Dec via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I wanted to boot Windows 98 from FreeDOS 1.3, because I would like to >> keep all things together without worrying about partitioning. >> >> So I actually have a block device backup of when Windows 98 was working >> on this computer. I've extracted the contents and focused on what does >> Windows 98 have in its autoexec.bat and config.sys files. >> >> So let's see autoexec.bat from Windows 98: >> >> SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND >> SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND >> SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0 >> SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 E620 T6 >> mode con codepage prepare=((852) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi) >> mode con codepage select=852 >> keyb pl,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keybdr4.sys >> >> Now, the config.sys from Windows 98: >> >> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\setver.exe >> device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1) >> Country=048,852,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys >> >> Combining this knowledge, I conceived this, but I'm not sure if this is >> correct. That's 7th entry from my FreeDOS fdconfig.sys: >> >> 7?DOS=HIGH >> 7?DOSDATA=HIGH >> 7?DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE >> 7?DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DISPLAY.SYS con=(ega,,1) >> 7?Country=048,852,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\COUNTRY.SYS >> 7?SHELLHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT >> /K=WIN.COM >> >> Apparently this doesn't work... kinda. It complains about UMBs, then I'm >> dropped into an interactive terminal. >> >> If I try to now run "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 >> /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT /K=WIN.COM", I get a barebones Windows 98 terminal. >> Still not there though. >> >> If instead I would have tried "C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 >> /P C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT /K=WIN.COM", I get stuck at "mode con codepage >> prepare=((852) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)". >> >> Any ideas how this can be done and how to progress further? >> >> Best regards, >> >> Michał Dec >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >
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