Hi Jürgen,
I'm not entirely sure what you're saying is correct.
>You start with a Freedos command.com
That's not true. FreeDOS started without SHELL or SHELLHIGH will demand
you enter a path to the shell program. Both FreeDOS and Windows versions
seem to work, although the Windows shell appears to have a limited mileage.
>Therefor first you should change those DOS file locations to the
correct Freedos ones. (that's that Display, country, *.cpi and keyboard
lines). Also that c:\windows\command path should probably point to the
Freedos directory.
How will that get me any closer to running Windows 98 out of FreeDOS?
Your instructions make sense if I would like to run FreeDOS with FreeDOS.
I've sat down at the computer again, and I've noticed that at least in
the help messages for both command.com files, /P does not specify which
autoexec.bat file will be used. Could it be some undocumented FreeDOS quirk?
On my way up to this point, Microsoft parts started complaining that
HIMEM.SYS isn't loaded, so I added it to the DEVICE lines.
Knowing that my only real hope is to force COMMAND.COM to execute the
autoexec.bat somehow, I made this:
8?SHELL=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM C:\WINDOWS /E:1024 /P /K C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
and then I've added WIN.COM at the end of autoexec.bat.
This keeps getting me a substantial attempt reliably:
1. First, I get "unsupported dos call INT2F/1231". This gets called 3 times.
2. Next, I get this mouthful...:
Registry File was not found. Registry services may be
inoperative for this reason.
XMS cache problem. Registry services may be
inoperative this session.
Invalid Opcode at 02AC 2116 0206 2116 000A 0000 190D 0000 00C4 0000 3A65
2A38 00
05
Press any key to continue...
And after that, either I press, or wait 15 seconds, and it shuts down
the computer.
Did I forget to load something? I've also found this post, which
describes basically the same issue:
https://freedos-devel.narkive.com/pF6dlqXN/loading-other-o-ses-from-freedos
Best regards,
Michał Dec
W dniu 25.09.2023 o 11:27, Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user pisze:
Hi Michał,
Maybe it get's confused from different DOS versions, like that Command.com
files. You start with a Freedos command.com, but then load a Microsoft
command.com subsequently. Therefor first you should change those DOS file
locations to the correct Freedos ones. (that's that Display, country, *.cpi and
keyboard lines). Also that c:\windows\command path should probably point to the
Freedos directory.
Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Jürgen Wondzinski
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Von: Michał Dec via Freedos-user<freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Gesendet: Sonntag, 24. September 2023 22:50
An: Discussion and general questions about
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Cc: Michał Dec<moog...@gmail.com>
Betreff: [Freedos-user] Booting Windows 98 from FreeDOS
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
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