Alexander List writes: > Hi, > did you yourself try this? I installed a minimal Win95 on my C partition > and used the dosemu.conf mentioned. After disabling the mode con codepage > prepare stuff in autoexec.bat, Windows starts and then tells me > (in German), "You can now turn off your computer."
As I worte earlier today, this is exactly what happened to me. Let's analise this situation. I'm not making any judgement, please. I'm just exploring all the possibilities. "him" is the guy who has that pages: 1) It works for him 1.A) works in his configuration of hardware and not mine Hard to be. He said three different computers... 1.B) works in his configuration of software and not mine 1.B.i) his dosemu works but mine does not 1.B.i.a) his version of dosemu woks and mine not it's hard that since his version till mine dosemu had been made worse, but it would be interesting if a bug in that particular version would make it possible to run Win95 :^>. Do you have a system where you can you test that particular version of DosEmu? Is is possible to find this version on the net? 1.B.i.b) his dosemu.conf woks and mine not hard to be. I checked about everything (I did not actually use his. I changed mine). 1.B.ii) other OS components in his computers make it work, and mine do not have the right components well, my system is a hamm... things should work ok... And they do! 1.C) works in his Windows and not mine it could even be that he has a version of windows that allows him to do it. Microsoft could even have realized that Win 95 could run inside an DPMI emulated system and put some nasty calls to be sure it would not happen. Another thing: he might be using the portuguese version... and that could be different. 2) It doesn't work for him 2.A) he is mistaken naaaaaaaaaa.... 2.B) he is lying To lie is a bad thing, but people do it. Things that make me particularly suspicious in this case are: - when one of these things happen in a linux community, everybody gets to know about it. And so many people are involved in the dosemu project that it's hard to beleive this would be concealed for so long (look at the version of DosEmu he uses: it's old...). - in his dosemu.conf it is said bootA ! - he never bothered translating the page - windows, AFAIK, needs ring 0, and dosemu does not do ring 0. Period. Well, anyway I hope someone implements a ring 0 emulation inside dosemu. Shouldn't be that hard: whenever the program asks to go to ring 0, DosEmu would intervent (which he already does), and enter in an emulater mode - sort of a JIT compiler, much like what java JIT compilers do. When the programs gets out of ring 0, dosemu would go back to normal. And, of course: if you get to run Windows 95 inside dosemu, tell to the world! > Alex > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Windows 95: > n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an > 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, > written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. > ************************************************************************** > Alexander List @ HTU Graz, Rechbauerstr. 12, A-8010 Graz > Tel: +43-316-873-5111 Fax: +43-316-873-5115 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/alexlist > PGP public key available via WWW or on request > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella Product Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.conexware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]