Re: [Freedos-user] New XFDOS FreeDOS distribution

2012-08-05 Thread nospam
Hi Bernd, yes, Robert also found that the ISO image will not run with VMware and VirtualPC. I had tested it with Bochs and that did work. I agree that you can use Bochs mainly for development because it is slow. The ISO is an ElTorito CD using FAT16 hard disk emulation. BIOS has no problem boo

[Freedos-user] Does EMM386 allocate a UMB for its own use when using the NOEMS option?

2012-08-05 Thread cordata02
Hi FD users, I've seen some random comments about EMM386 allocating UMBs for its own use but I have not been able to locate the source code to check this out. (Yes, I expect several comments deprecating EMM386 and directing me to JEMM386.) When using EMS both EMM386 and JEMM386 will allocate a

Re: [Freedos-user] New XFDOS FreeDOS distribution

2012-08-05 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 30-7-2012 19:36, nospam schreef: > Please download XFDOS and see how it works for you. I'll have a look once in possession of ordered Zalman Ve200/300 and proper SSD to go in it, so I can test on real hardware. VMware at least still only shows a black screen on all of this. My intention is

Re: [Freedos-user] vmware workstation 8 with freedos

2012-08-05 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 5-8-2012 12:20, Mark Brown schreef: > i'm fine 'til i get to resetting machine after fdisk, > then i get: > partition signature != 55aa > and a frozen virtual computer... You get this from restarting after the FDISK step, which is necessary Change boot order sequence by pressing ESC or F2 (F8?)

[Freedos-user] vmware workstation 8 with freedos

2012-08-05 Thread Mark Brown
i'm fine 'til i get to resetting machine after fdisk, then i get: partition signature != 55aa and a frozen virtual computer...   eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com .

Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

2012-08-05 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 5-8-2012 11:57, Mark Brown schreef: > how do you set up the c: drive, format, and sys the drive > under vmware workstation 8? > > very short replies are fine. 0) use a FreeDOS bootdisk(-image) or installation CD. 1) run FDISK (and create active primary FAT/FAT32 partition) 2) reboot so BIOS/ker

[Freedos-user] (no subject)

2012-08-05 Thread Mark Brown
how do you set up the c: drive, format, and sys the drive under vmware workstation 8? very short replies are fine.   eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com eufdp...@yahoo.com ---