Hi there, On Thu, 27 Feb 2025, david--- via Freedos-user wrote:
I am new to FreeDOS and have run into a problem whereby some traditional MSDOS programs will not run, complaining about "XMS allocation error".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_memory#eXtended_Memory_Specification_(XMS)
In MSDOS the solution is an additional line in config.sys reading "device=emm386.exe ram", but there does not appear to be a emm386.exe equivalent in FreeDOS.
There is indeed an equivalent - well, at least approximate equivalents. See for example https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=876805#p876805 which I found in a fairly random search result just now.
I would very much appreciate an explanation, please, about how to get around this problem.
Try searching the Web for "freedos extended memory" "freedos emm386" or something like that. I'm almost sure you'll find what you need but do get back to the list if you're still having trouble. Please try to give a bit more information about exactly what you've done and exactly what you're trying to do if you do need to ask more questions. -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
