On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:59:52 +0400, you wrote:
Hi,
>EA> The "cylinder > 1024" error message can have 2 causes:
>[...]
>EA> It is easy to fix 2. with a tool like Linux fdisk, but it is also
>EA> very easy to break your whole partitioning scheme while attempting
>
> This is what I mean, what s
> AB> Repartition disk (by FDISK or somethink like Partition Magic).
>
> EA> Use a GOOD partition editor (not MS FDISK... preferrably something with a
> reasonable user interface and something which you are good at using.
James, you should probably consider investing in partitioning software:
Pa
Hi!
6-Июн-2006 00:13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
>> >> JH> Is there any way to fix this "too many cylinders" problem,
>> >> 1. Backup contents of questioned disk.
>> >> 2. Remove (by FDISK) from disk all partitions.
>> >> 3. Reboot and ensure, th
Hi Arkady,
> JH> However, it then issues two IO errors (>1023 cylinders) and dies in
>
> This mean something wrong with disk geometry. For example, you
> partition disk not when LBA-mode was enabled or BIOS doesn't supports
> LBA-translation (when disk geometry parameters are adjusted so, th
Hi!
5-Июн-2006 12:43 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Haley) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
JH> When I set my boot manager to boot this other disk (F: in windows), it seems
JH> to start considering it drive C: as evidenced by the message I get at
JH> startup.
This is because BIOS "ex
Actually my F: drive from Windows XP's point of view is on a separate
physical drive. It's a 1 GB FAT disk that I salvaged from a disposed-of
computer. I cleared mostly everything off of it and then tried to install
FreeDOS on it. Of course FreeDOS when booted from the CD wants to use my C:
di
Michael, Eric, & All:
I went into this round of tests with this configuration, and cut back
progressively as I describe below:
LASTDRIVE=Z
BUFFERS=30
FILES=40
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DOSDATA=UMB
DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEM.EXE
DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=TEST VDS
SHELL=C:\command.com C:\ /E:512 /P=C
At 11:38 AM 6/5/2006 -0400, John Hupp wrote:
> I could also have added that all my DOS games (Doom, Quake, Duke,
> Spacequest, Beneath A Steel Sky) run fine on this computer and configuration.
>
>On the chance that there was a physical memory problem I dropped from 16
>to 8 MB (no difference),
I have more to report on this problem.
I am using current stable:
kernel - 1.1.35 Build 2035b-cvs,
2006-05-21
freecom - 0.84-pre XMS_Swap,
2006-05-21
himem + emm386 -
from emmx208 or emm208x ZIP archive
I might have added to the original post by
saying that this problem does not occur o
LV> - Drive -, NTFS, primary, hidden, Windows XP
LV> - Drive -, NTFS, primary, hidden, Windows 2000
LV> - Drive C, FAT32, primary, active, FreeDOS
Eric> Why would you make the ntfs drives hidden? DOS will not use them anyway...
This is just an example of the most straightforward configuration (
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