Just when I tried pure autoexec.bat file from latest dosemu-devel, I bump to problem with loading display.exe. Line 14 in autoexec.bat is 'rem loadhi display con=(vga,437,2)', but when uncommented, then give me two errors:
1) 'FreeCom version 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap [Aug 28 2006 00:29:00]' which is in dosemu-freedos-1.0-bin.tgz tarball referenced at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosemu/dosemu-freedos-1.0-bin.tgz?download not know 'loadhi' command; only 'lh' may be used. 2) display-0.13b report error: FreeDOS DISPLAY ver. 0.13b Syntax error (006) Unknown hardware device name when I retain its parameters. But when I use 'ega' instead of 'vga', then all is fine. I not know, when it is display.exe problem (it's documentation say that 'vga' is allowed) or dosemu problem (e.g. it emulate only EGA card and not VGA). According this, and as this autoexec.bat file has in its head that it should be for DOSEMU + FreeDOS, maybe this change should be better: --- dist/autoexec.bat.old 2014-04-21 00:38:46.273663431 +0200 +++ dist/autoexec.bat 2014-04-21 00:50:12.053661641 +0200 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ lredir d: linux\fs%DOSDRIVE_D% :nodrived rem uncomment to load another bitmap font -rem loadhi display con=(vga,437,2) +rem lh display con=(ega,437,2) rem mode con codepage prepare=((850) z:\cpi\ega.cpx) rem mode con codepage select 850 rem chcp 850 and also in freecom help file: --- dosemu/freedos/help/index.en.old 2003-09-28 05:55:27.000000000 +0200 +++ dosemu/freedos/help/index.en 2014-04-21 01:27:35.012479480 +0200 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ help ... you just called this one join mount a drive letter into a directory lib librarian for OBJ files, creating a LIB file -loadhi loads a program into the upper memory +lh loads a program into the upper memory mem displays the amount of DOS memory used more displays a text file one screen at a time nansi nansi.sys, an enhanced MS-DOS console driver @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ vgaoff only for 'root'!! switch vga mode off (when on console) vgaon only for 'root'!! switch on console vga graphics mode NOTE: vgaoff/on may be dangerous on console, but - do nothing important on X. - + do nothing important on X. lredir set/display redirection of a Linux directory to a DOS drive + or set redirection to network virtual printer. unix take over Linux ENV variables, execute DOS command from a given ENV variable, execute Linux commands ... dosdbg set/display debug(Log) features/flags One thing which I not know: some FreeDOS utilities have newer version now (compared with those in dosemu-freedos-1.0-bin.tgz), but is possible use them with dosemu? Maybe Bart patched some key components (FreeDOS kernel, FreeCOMM etc.) and newer versions will not be functional? Knows someone? Franta Hanzlik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Dosemu-devel mailing list Dosemu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dosemu-devel
